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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
62169
2012
11491
2013
46375
2014
48225
2015
41056
2016
41056
2017
41056
2018
39788
2019
32257
2020
34991
Produced
32,257 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
13.3%
/ 4,286 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
86.7116Production quantity: 32,257 tonnes
13.3Estimated PHL: 4,286 tonnes
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Value chain
Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses in % per value chain step. Please note that once loss has occurred at harvesting, the percentage loss in the next stage is a percentage of what remained, not of the original amount.
Estimated % of crop left
Estimated % of crop lost
Amount remaining(%)
Estimated postharvest loss(%)
Production
100Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying
95.47182Remaining: 95.47182% Est. PHL: 4.52818%
4.52818Remaining: 95.47182% Est. PHL: 4.52818%
Threshing and Shelling
91.87182Remaining: 91.87182% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.87182% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.87182Remaining: 91.87182% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.87182% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.70515Remaining: 89.70515% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.70515% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
85.9165Remaining: 85.9165% Est. PHL: 3.78865%
3.78865Remaining: 85.9165% Est. PHL: 3.78865%
Transport to market
84.9165Remaining: 84.9165% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 84.9165% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
83.6165Remaining: 83.6165% Est. PHL: 1.3%
1.3Remaining: 83.6165% Est. PHL: 1.3%
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Nutrition
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.