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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
265738
2012
439477
2013
627660
2014
436299
2015
559165
2016
906349
2017
868413
2018
1007279
2019
380277
2020
587527
Produced
287,218 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.5%
/ 33,077 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.4838Production quantity: 287,218 tonnes
11.5Estimated PHL: 33,077 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
88.21769Remaining: 88.21769% Est. PHL: 0.49184%
0.49184Remaining: 88.21769% Est. PHL: 0.49184%
Transport to market
87.21769Remaining: 87.21769% Est. PHL: 1%
1Remaining: 87.21769% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage
84.56769Remaining: 84.56769% Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65Remaining: 84.56769% 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.