Table 4.

Post-harvest loss estimates for rice.

geographical coverage	estimated % weight loss	comments	source
overall: Asia	13–15	quoted as 15% by Smil (2004b)	Grolleaud (2002)
country summaries
West Africa	6–24	drying 1–2%; on-farm storage 2–10%; parboiling 1–2%; milling 2–10%	FAO (2007)
Malaysia	17–25	central storage 6%; threshing 5–13%
	approx. 13	drying 2%; on-farm storage 5%; handling 6%
Philippines	9–34	drying 1–5%; unspecified storage 2–6%; threshing 2–6%
	up to 30	handling 3–10%
Thailand	8–14	on-farm storage 1.5–3.5%; central storage 1.5–3.5%
	12–25	on-farm storage 2–15%; handling 10%
Brazil	1–30	unspecified storage
Bolivia	16	on-farm 2%; drying 5%; unspecified storage 7%
India	3–5.5	improved traditional storage
	6	unspecified storage
Philippines	10–37
Vietnam	10–25	‘typical’ conditions	Phan & Nguyen (1995)
	40–80	‘extreme’ conditions
China (Zhejiang)	14.81	identified drying and storage phases as two main stages of loss	Grolleaud (2002)
China	5–23	excludes processing losses	Yong et al. (1997)