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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1850
2012
1901
2013
1562
2014
1160
2015
1178
2016
797
2017
745
2018
729
2019
716
2020
698
Produced
1,178 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.7%
/ 149 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.3271Production quantity: 1,178 tonnes
12.7Estimated PHL: 149 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
86.99218Remaining: 86.99218% Est. PHL: 2.57449%
2.57449Remaining: 86.99218% Est. PHL: 2.57449%
Transport to market
85.99218Remaining: 85.99218% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 85.99218% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
83.34218Remaining: 83.34218% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 83.34218% 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 wheat that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.