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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
218939
2012
219102
2013
206943
2014
234146
2015
204310
2016
281427
2017
361336
2018
374706
2019
406083
2020
411577
Produced
218,939 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
21.6%
/ 47,349 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
78.3736Production quantity: 218,939 tonnes
21.6Estimated PHL: 47,349 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
86.8669Remaining: 86.8669% Est. PHL: 13.1331%
13.1331Remaining: 86.8669% Est. PHL: 13.1331%
Threshing and Shelling
83.72976Remaining: 83.72976% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 83.72976% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
81.22976Remaining: 81.22976% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 81.22976% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
79.97976Remaining: 79.97976% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 79.97976% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
79.97976Remaining: 79.97976% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 79.97976% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market
78.97976Remaining: 78.97976% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 78.97976% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
76.32976Remaining: 76.32976% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 76.32976% 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.