Contextual data: Ghana - Rice - All years

‹ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 ›
Ghana total 244,810 241,808 236,540 249,999 185,341 301,921 435,785 492,534 466,056 481,135
Ashanti   11,630 9,926 9,083 9,600 9,886 10,589 12,435 27,705 27,625 27,748  
Brong Ahafo   3,530 3,407 3,832 4,050 4,006 4,810 5,796 6,478 6,160 6,268  
Central   4,430 3,898 4,647 4,911 4,586 4,819 5,090 5,241 5,366 3,221  
Eastern   27,340 25,420 17,828 18,843 18,492 17,757 19,739 20,703 22,320 24,567  
Greater Accra   3,390 3,621 2,471 2,612 2,322 2,679 2,958 12,741 18,773 18,822  
Northern   93,970 92,650 93,474 98,793 62,533 105,497 190,089 185,877 171,293 165,328  
Upper East   3,770 5,748 4,849 5,124 5,121 86,418 111,270 135,221 109,455 120,171  
Upper West   27,910 30,691 49,595 52,417 22,692 6,341 7,610 8,317 6,527 7,000  
Volta   46,750 42,243 32,642 34,499 36,959 43,944 60,691 67,229 75,389 82,546  
Western   22,090 24,204 18,119 19,150 18,744 19,067 20,107 23,022 23,148 25,464  

Data version 2.19.3

Contextual data

Collected data

Values obtained from primary and secondary sources

Approximated data

Values approximated based on other data for same location

–No data

Not applicable or no data available

LGB Larger Grain Borer (Prostephanus truncatus) read more ›

Storage beetle pest of maize and dried cassava

Contextual data

Contextual factors relate to local conditions and practices that may affect losses on a seasonal or annual basis, such as weather, pest incidence, grain drying conditions and the length of household-level storage.

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APHLIS network and team members collect this data from official sources (e.g. ministries of agriculture and statistics offices), published research studies and national surveys etc, or by interviewing farmers, extension workers or other key informants. This data enables APHLIS to apply the relevant loss figures from the PHL profiles depending on seasonal circumstances, and convert percentage losses into absolute losses (in tonnes) using the production figures. Based on the postharvest loss profiles and contextual factors, APHLIS estimates postharvest losses at the provincial, national and regional levels.

The contextual dataset includes production quantities (t), whether it rained at harvest, the percentage of the crop marketed during first 3 months after harvest, household-level storage duration, and presence of specific pests (for example the larger grain borer, LGB, Prostephanus truncatus) which are used to contextualise the loss profile for each year. The importance of different types of contextual factors may vary between crops, and data for the most relevant contextual factors is shown and used in the loss estimate calculations.

For specific crop, location, year combinations where contextual data is not available, approximated data has been used. This is calculated based on the contextualised data which has been provided for the same location. Approximated contextual data is shown in grey. 

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Contextual factors

Production quantity (t) the quantity of grain produced on small and large farms for each growing season.

Rain at harvest whether or not there is damp weather at time of harvest which would make drying the grain difficult. If there is rain at harvest then the value for the harvesting link in the PHL profile is increased.

% sold during first 3 months the proportion of grain that is marketed within the first three months, i.e. that will not enter farm storage for any significant time. This proportion of the production will not be subject to farm storage losses but instead will be affected by transport and market storage losses.

Household-level storage duration (months) the length of time that grain was stored at household-level. If household-level storage is less than 3 months then household-level storage loss is reduced to 0%, if 3 to 6 months it will be only 50% of the loss profile figure, or if 6 months or more than 100% of the household-level storage loss is applied.

LGB presence in the case of maize, whether or not LGB (the larger grain borer, Prostephanus truncatus) is expected to be a significant pest. If LGB is a serious pest in that particular season then storage losses are multiplied by 2.

Season

In locations where there is more than one growing season each year, seasonal production data for each of the growing seasons is inputted. These are labelled as first, second, third season.

Farm type

In locations where there are both smallholder farms and large-scale commercial farms, the contextual data is shown for each of these types.

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