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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1505535
2012
1923806
2013
1880465
2014
1707613
2015
1435640
2016
1663843
2017
1365898
2018
1929834
2019
1871790
2020
1839574
Produced
1,606,012 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.1%
/ 194,849 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.8675Production quantity: 1,606,012 tonnes
12.1Estimated PHL: 194,849 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
95.45Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
4.55Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.85Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.68333Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
88.1125Remaining: 88.1125% Est. PHL: 1.57083%
1.57083Remaining: 88.1125% Est. PHL: 1.57083%
Transport to market
87.1125Remaining: 87.1125% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.1125% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.4625Remaining: 84.4625% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.4625% Est. PHL: 2.65%
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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.