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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
714335
2012
649654
2013
816732
2014
1027053
2015
1028760
2016
1132510
2017
1213006
2018
1286872
2019
1378846
2020
659918
Produced
659,918 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
13.9%
/ 91,466 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
86.1397Production quantity: 659,918 tonnes
13.9Estimated PHL: 91,466 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
92.45953Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
89.95953Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
88.70953Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
1.2Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
Transport to market
86.50953Remaining: 86.50953% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 86.50953% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
83.85953Remaining: 83.85953% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 83.85953% 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.