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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
635082
2012
652767
2013
742859
2014
848959
2015
915314
2016
940246
2017
1017749
2018
1030807
2019
765157
2020
765157
Produced
765,157 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.0%
/ 84,125 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
89.0055Production quantity: 765,157 tonnes
11.0Estimated PHL: 84,125 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
96.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
3.5Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling
94.5Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
2Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing
92.43107Remaining: 92.43107% Est. PHL: 2.06893%
2.06893Remaining: 92.43107% Est. PHL: 2.06893%
Transport from field
89.93107Remaining: 89.93107% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.93107% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
88.87274Remaining: 88.87274% Est. PHL: 1.05833%
1.05833Remaining: 88.87274% Est. PHL: 1.05833%
Transport to market
87.87274Remaining: 87.87274% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.87274% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
85.22274Remaining: 85.22274% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 85.22274% 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 millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.