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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
76,786 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
20.9%
/ 16,064 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
79.08Production quantity: 76,786 tonnes
20.9Estimated PHL: 16,064 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
87.7461Remaining: 87.7461% Est. PHL: 12.2539%
12.2539Remaining: 87.7461% Est. PHL: 12.2539%
Threshing and Shelling
84.60896Remaining: 84.60896% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 84.60896% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
82.10896Remaining: 82.10896% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 82.10896% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
80.85896Remaining: 80.85896% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 80.85896% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
80.85896Remaining: 80.85896% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 80.85896% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport to market
79.85896Remaining: 79.85896% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 79.85896% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
77.20896Remaining: 77.20896% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 77.20896% 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.