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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
19141
2012
11018
2013
13385
2014
12581
2015
7070
2016
4386
2017
10027
2018
7052
2019
1783
2020
2233
Produced
12,581 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.2%
/ 1,536 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.789Production quantity: 12,581 tonnes
12.2Estimated PHL: 1,536 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
87.20081Remaining: 87.20081% Est. PHL: 2.36586%
2.36586Remaining: 87.20081% Est. PHL: 2.36586%
Transport to market
87.20081Remaining: 87.20081% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.20081% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
87.20081Remaining: 87.20081% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.20081% 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.