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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
6067
2012
6067
2013
6067
2014
6067
2015
6067
2016
6067
2017
6067
2018
4474
2019
4357
2020
9369
Produced
6,067 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
13.9%
/ 846 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
86.0639Production quantity: 6,067 tonnes
13.9Estimated PHL: 846 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
95.85785Remaining: 95.85785% Est. PHL: 4.14215%
4.14215Remaining: 95.85785% Est. PHL: 4.14215%
Threshing and Shelling
92.35785Remaining: 92.35785% Est. PHL: 3.5%
3.5Remaining: 92.35785% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Winnowing
92.35785Remaining: 92.35785% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 92.35785% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.85785Remaining: 89.85785% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.85785% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
84.10785Remaining: 84.10785% Est. PHL: 5.75%
5.75Remaining: 84.10785% Est. PHL: 5.75%
Transport to market
83.10785Remaining: 83.10785% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 83.10785% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
81.80785Remaining: 81.80785% Est. PHL: 1.3%
1.3Remaining: 81.80785% Est. PHL: 1.3%
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Nutrition
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the wheat that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.