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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
97329
2012
86864
2013
139371
2014
92192
2015
105984
2016
188499
2017
193455
2018
225866
2019
291171
2020
188367
Produced
352,474 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.6%
/ 40,863 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.4069Production quantity: 352,474 tonnes
11.6Estimated PHL: 40,863 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
88.08911Remaining: 88.08911% Est. PHL: 1.59422%
1.59422Remaining: 88.08911% Est. PHL: 1.59422%
Transport to market
87.08911Remaining: 87.08911% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.08911% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.43911Remaining: 84.43911% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.43911% 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.