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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1793137
2012
1852261
2013
1913339
2014
1970515
2015
2047366
2016
2173742
2017
2197907
2018
2339747
2019
2385928
2020
2459014
Produced
1,613,731 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.9%
/ 192,287 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.0843Production quantity: 1,613,731 tonnes
11.9Estimated PHL: 192,287 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
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
1.2Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
Transport to market
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
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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.