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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
18794
2012
15756
2013
15329
2014
11583
2015
8124
2016
14212
2017
17691
2018
13590
2019
19665
2020
19665
Produced
13,590 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.8%
/ 1,734 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.2396Production quantity: 13,590 tonnes
12.8Estimated PHL: 1,734 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
95.5949Remaining: 95.5949% Est. PHL: 4.4051%
4.4051Remaining: 95.5949% Est. PHL: 4.4051%
Threshing and Shelling
91.9949Remaining: 91.9949% Est. PHL: 3.6%
3.6Remaining: 91.9949% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing
91.9949Remaining: 91.9949% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 91.9949% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.82823Remaining: 89.82823% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
2.16667Remaining: 89.82823% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage
86.09745Remaining: 86.09745% Est. PHL: 3.73078%
3.73078Remaining: 86.09745% Est. PHL: 3.73078%
Transport to market
85.09745Remaining: 85.09745% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 85.09745% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
82.46069Remaining: 82.46069% Est. PHL: 2.63676%
2.63676Remaining: 82.46069% Est. PHL: 2.63676%
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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.