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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
2581
2012
3360
2013
3360
2014
3360
2015
3360
2016
3360
2017
3360
2018
3360
2019
3360
2020
3360
Produced
3,360 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.9%
/ 432 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.1289Production quantity: 3,360 tonnes
12.9Estimated PHL: 432 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.