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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
11515
2012
15888
2013
14141
2014
15705
2015
12739
2016
12330
2017
6842
2018
38549
2019
37901
2020
48239
Produced
19,190 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
17.2%
/ 3,300 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
82.806Production quantity: 19,190 tonnes
17.2Estimated PHL: 3,300 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
93.58Remaining: 93.58% Est. PHL: 6.42%
6.42Remaining: 93.58% Est. PHL: 6.42%
Further drying
89.58Remaining: 89.58% Est. PHL: 4%
4Remaining: 89.58% Est. PHL: 4%
Threshing and Shelling
88.26Remaining: 88.26% Est. PHL: 1.32%
1.32Remaining: 88.26% Est. PHL: 1.32%
Transport from field
85.84333Remaining: 85.84333% Est. PHL: 2.41667%
2.41667Remaining: 85.84333% Est. PHL: 2.41667%
Household-level storage
81.56333Remaining: 81.56333% Est. PHL: 4.28%
4.28Remaining: 81.56333% Est. PHL: 4.28%
Transport to market
81.56333Remaining: 81.56333% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 81.56333% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
81.56333Remaining: 81.56333% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 81.56333% 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 maize that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.