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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
240858
2012
319389
2013
305382
2014
347500
2015
325139
2016
384688
2017
325566
2018
350391
2019
376529
2020
451420
Produced
239,487 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
13.9%
/ 33,373 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
86.0648Production quantity: 239,487 tonnes
13.9Estimated PHL: 33,373 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
95.59667Remaining: 95.59667% Est. PHL: 4.40333%
4.40333Remaining: 95.59667% Est. PHL: 4.40333%
Threshing and Shelling
92.45953Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
89.95953Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
88.70953Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
88.47999Remaining: 88.47999% Est. PHL: 0.22954%
0.22954Remaining: 88.47999% Est. PHL: 0.22954%
Transport to market
87.47999Remaining: 87.47999% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.47999% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.82999Remaining: 84.82999% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.82999% 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 rice that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.