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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
219,102 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
24.1%
/ 52,796 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
75.9037Production quantity: 219,102 tonnes
24.1Estimated PHL: 52,796 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
83.9572Remaining: 83.9572% Est. PHL: 16.0428%
16.0428Remaining: 83.9572% Est. PHL: 16.0428%
Threshing and Shelling
80.82006Remaining: 80.82006% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 80.82006% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
78.32006Remaining: 78.32006% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 78.32006% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
77.07006Remaining: 77.07006% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 77.07006% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
77.07006Remaining: 77.07006% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 77.07006% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market
76.07006Remaining: 76.07006% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 76.07006% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
73.42006Remaining: 73.42006% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 73.42006% 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.