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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
819,089 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
12.6%
/ 103,118 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
87.4106Production quantity: 819,089 tonnes
12.6Estimated PHL: 103,118 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
88.3789Remaining: 88.3789% Est. PHL: 0.33063%
0.33063Remaining: 88.3789% Est. PHL: 0.33063%
Transport to market
87.3789Remaining: 87.3789% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.3789% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.7289Remaining: 84.7289% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.7289% 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.