Zambia, Rice, 2013

Zambia's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2013 was 5,695 tonnes or 12.7%.

As for nutrition 19 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 23 thousand people, in terms of annual nutritional dietary energy requirements. In the value chain, the majority of the loss is estimated to be happening at Harvesting/field drying, Threshing and Shelling, and then Market storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Western.

To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	49428
2012	45321
2013	44748
2014	49640
2015	25532
2016	26675
2017	38442
2018	43129
2019	33222
2020	33222

Produced	44,748 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.7% / 5,695 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.2733 Production quantity: 44,748 tonnes	12.7 Estimated PHL: 5,695 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

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	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	95.59667 Remaining: 95.59667% Est. PHL: 4.40333%	4.40333 Remaining: 95.59667% Est. PHL: 4.40333%
Threshing and Shelling	92.45953 Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%	3.13714 Remaining: 92.45953% Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing	89.95953 Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 89.95953% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field	88.70953 Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%	1.25 Remaining: 88.70953% Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage	88.00514 Remaining: 88.00514% Est. PHL: 0.70439%	0.70439 Remaining: 88.00514% Est. PHL: 0.70439%
Transport to market	87.00514 Remaining: 87.00514% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.00514% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	84.35514 Remaining: 84.35514% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 84.35514% Est. PHL: 2.65%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes ›

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.

Total number

23,875

people, 0.1%

Children 1-3

54,910

children, 3.1%

Pregnant women 19-30

19,876

women, 18.0%

Men 31-50

17,595

men, 1.1%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›