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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
164222
2012
113293
2013
164222
2014
167485
2015
137482
2016
164222
2017
164222
2018
164222
2019
164222
2020
164222
Produced
164,222 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.8%
/ 19,383 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.1972Production quantity: 164,222 tonnes
11.8Estimated PHL: 19,383 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
92.49489Remaining: 92.49489% Est. PHL: 3.10178%
3.10178Remaining: 92.49489% Est. PHL: 3.10178%
Winnowing
89.99489Remaining: 89.99489% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.99489% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
88.74489Remaining: 88.74489% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 88.74489% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
87.72651Remaining: 87.72651% Est. PHL: 1.01838%
1.01838Remaining: 87.72651% Est. PHL: 1.01838%
Transport to market
86.72651Remaining: 86.72651% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 86.72651% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
85.42651Remaining: 85.42651% Est. PHL: 1.3%
1.3Remaining: 85.42651% Est. PHL: 1.3%
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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.