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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
341,494 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
19.1%
/ 65,101 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
80.9363Production quantity: 341,494 tonnes
19.1Estimated PHL: 65,101 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
89.2146Remaining: 89.2146% Est. PHL: 10.7854%
10.7854Remaining: 89.2146% Est. PHL: 10.7854%
Threshing and Shelling
87.2146Remaining: 87.2146% Est. PHL: 2%
2Remaining: 87.2146% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing
84.7146Remaining: 84.7146% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 84.7146% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
82.2146Remaining: 82.2146% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 82.2146% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
81.6271Remaining: 81.6271% Est. PHL: 0.5875%
0.5875Remaining: 81.6271% Est. PHL: 0.5875%
Transport to market
80.6271Remaining: 80.6271% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 80.6271% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
77.9771Remaining: 77.9771% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 77.9771% 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.