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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
8195
2012
126638
2013
69193
2014
69193
2015
69193
2016
69193
2017
69193
2018
69193
2019
102924
2020
130013
Produced
41,610 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
22.7%
/ 9,464 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
77.2552Production quantity: 41,610 tonnes
22.7Estimated PHL: 9,464 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
85.6988Remaining: 85.6988% Est. PHL: 14.3012%
14.3012Remaining: 85.6988% Est. PHL: 14.3012%
Threshing and Shelling
82.56166Remaining: 82.56166% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 82.56166% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
80.06166Remaining: 80.06166% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 80.06166% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
78.81166Remaining: 78.81166% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 78.81166% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
78.81166Remaining: 78.81166% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 78.81166% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market
77.81166Remaining: 77.81166% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 77.81166% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
75.16166Remaining: 75.16166% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 75.16166% 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.