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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
13
2012
13
2013
13
2014
13
2015
13
2016
13
2017
13
2018
13
2019
13
2020
13
Produced
13 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.9%
/ 2 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.1289Production quantity: 13 tonnes
12.9Estimated PHL: 2 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
95.56667Remaining: 95.56667% Est. PHL: 4.43333%
4.43333Remaining: 95.56667% Est. PHL: 4.43333%
Threshing and Shelling
92.06667Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 3.5%
3.5Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Winnowing
92.06667Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 92.06667% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field
89.56667Remaining: 89.56667% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.56667% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage
86.46667Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 3.1%
3.1Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 3.1%
Transport to market
86.46667Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
86.46667Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 86.46667% Est. PHL: 0%
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Nutrition
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the wheat that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.