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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
1232005
2012
1392165
2013
798908
2014
866277
2015
1105256
2016
1194948
2017
1317432
2018
819089
2019
819089
2020
819089
Produced
562,000 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
15.1%
/ 84,779 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
84.9148Production quantity: 562,000 tonnes
15.1Estimated PHL: 84,779 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
92.92515Remaining: 92.92515% Est. PHL: 7.07485%
7.07485Remaining: 92.92515% Est. PHL: 7.07485%
Threshing and Shelling
89.78801Remaining: 89.78801% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714Remaining: 89.78801% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing
87.28801Remaining: 87.28801% Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5Remaining: 87.28801% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field
86.03801Remaining: 86.03801% Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25Remaining: 86.03801% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage
85.69088Remaining: 85.69088% Est. PHL: 0.34713%
0.34713Remaining: 85.69088% Est. PHL: 0.34713%
Transport to market
84.69088Remaining: 84.69088% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 84.69088% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
82.04088Remaining: 82.04088% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 82.04088% 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.