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CHAPTER – VIPOST HARVEST LOSSES OF RAGI AT FARM LEVEL.6.1 During this survey, the losses of Ragi at producers level were studied and the data is presented in theAnnexures listed below :i) Estimated losses of Ragi at threshing floor, category-wise and source-wise – AnnexuresXXIII & XXIV;ii) Estimated losses of Ragi in winnowing, category-wise and sources-wise – Annexures XXV& XXVI;iii) Estimated losses of Ragi in transport from field to threshing floor, category-wise andmode of transport wise – Annexures XXVII & XXVIII;iv) Estimated losses of Ragi in transport from threshing floor to storage at farm-level,category-wise and mode of transport used – Annexures XXIX& XXX;v) Estimated losses of Ragi in transport from field to threshing floor and from threshingfloor to storage – according to mode of packing – Annexure XXXI;vi) Estimated losses of Ragi in storage at producer’s level – category-wise and according totype of storage/ mode of storage – Annexures XXXII & XXXIII;vii) Estimated losses of Ragi at producers level according to causes of losses – AnnexureXXXIV;viii) Estimated total post-harvest losses – category-wise Annexure XXXV, XXXVI &XXXVII;ix) Total post-harvest losses – total of all categories – Annexure XXXVIII.6.1.1 The overall summary of total post harvest losses of Ragi at producers’ level during differentoperations viz, threshing, winnowing, transport from field to threshing floor, further to storage atproducers’ level and therein storage, is given in the following Table No. 26TABLE NO. 26LOSSES OF RAGI AT PRODUCERS LEVEL(AVERAGE 1996-97, 1997-98 and 1998-99)(‘000 tonnes)Percent to totalproductionS.No. Item Quantitylost1. Losses in transport from field to threshing floor 14.10 0.622. Losses in threshing 17.53 0.773. Losses in winnowing 17.43 0.764. Losses in transport from threshing floor to storage 25.77 1.135. Losses in storage at producers level 12.07 0.536. Total losses at producers level 86.90 3.81As stated earlier, the study of post-harvest losses had been confined to the losses at the producers’level, stretching from transport from the field after harvest to the threshing floor, and thereafter uptostorage at producers level and not beyond that. The study did not cover the losses in transport fromthe farmer’s storage to market for sale, in the market and thereafter in the process of distribution. Thetotal post harvest losses of Ragi at producers’ level, as depicted in Table above, were estimated at3.81 percent of the production.6.1.2 A reference to Annexure XXIV shows that the losses in threshing by mechanical means amounted to1.13 thousand tonnes (0.05percent of production), by animal power to 9.86 thousand tonnes and bymanual means to 6.53 thousand tonnes.6.1.3 In winnowing, the total loss of Ragi was estimated at 17.43 thousand tonnes (0.76 percent) ofproduction – Annexure XXV.6.1.4 In transport at farm level, it is observed that the losses of Ragi in transport from field to threshingfloor amounted to 14.10 thousand tonnes of total production or 0.62 percent by various modes oftransport used (Annexures XXVII & XXVIII).