Uganda, Millet, 2008

Uganda's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2008 was 112,549 tonnes or 17.2%.

As for nutrition 406 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 498 thousand people, in terms of annual nutritional dietary energy requirements. In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Market storage, and then Winnowing. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Western.

To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	341494
2012	325103
2013	302576
2014	314527
2015	314523
2016	309892
2017	193459
2018	141980
2019	72661
2020	359081

Produced	652,998 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	17.2% / 112,549 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
82.7642 Production quantity: 652,998 tonnes	17.2 Estimated PHL: 112,549 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

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	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	90.94663 Remaining: 90.94663% Est. PHL: 9.05337%	9.05337 Remaining: 90.94663% Est. PHL: 9.05337%
Threshing and Shelling	88.94663 Remaining: 88.94663% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 88.94663% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	86.44663 Remaining: 86.44663% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 86.44663% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field	83.94663 Remaining: 83.94663% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 83.94663% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	83.35913 Remaining: 83.35913% Est. PHL: 0.5875%	0.5875 Remaining: 83.35913% Est. PHL: 0.5875%
Transport to market	82.35913 Remaining: 82.35913% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 82.35913% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	79.70913 Remaining: 79.70913% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 79.70913% Est. PHL: 2.65%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

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.

Total number

453,328

people, 1.0%

Children 1-3

1,025,764

children, 21.2%

Pregnant women 19-30

371,294

women, 98.4%

Men 31-50

328,698

men, 8.9%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›