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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
33175
2012
33175
2013
33175
2014
33175
2015
33175
2016
33175
2017
33175
2018
33175
2019
33175
2020
33175
Produced
33,175 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.4%
/ 4,115 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.5946Production quantity: 33,175 tonnes
12.4Estimated PHL: 4,115 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
86.98889Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 2.69444%
2.69444Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 2.69444%
Transport to market
86.98889Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
86.98889Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 86.98889% Est. PHL: 0%
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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.