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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
81404
2012
84009
2013
96859
2014
96859
2015
96859
2016
96859
2017
26274
2018
113879
2019
131578
2020
116503
Produced
131,758 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
13.2%
/ 17,436 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
86.7664Production quantity: 131,758 tonnes
13.2Estimated PHL: 17,436 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
88.00387Remaining: 88.00387% Est. PHL: 0.70566%
0.70566Remaining: 88.00387% Est. PHL: 0.70566%
Transport to market
87.00387Remaining: 87.00387% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.00387% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.35387Remaining: 84.35387% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.35387% 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.