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Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses
Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)
2011–2021
2011
112232
2012
169273
2013
168326
2014
147929
2015
140952
2016
137105
2017
140518
2018
145489
2019
147053
2020
159852
Produced
169,608 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses
11.9%
/ 20,210 tonnes
Production quantity
Estimated postharvest losses
88.0843Production quantity: 169,608 tonnes
11.9Estimated PHL: 20,210 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
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
1.2Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 1.2%
Transport to market
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
Market storage
87.50953Remaining: 87.50953% Est. PHL: 0%
0Remaining: 87.50953% 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 rice that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.