Post-Harvest Loss & What Is It Costing You?

It is loss percentage × total production × price. If you lose 15% of a 20-tonne harvest worth ₹20,000 a tonne, that is 3 tonnes lost worth ₹60,000. This tool does the arithmetic and shows the loss in tonnes, the value lost, and what halving the loss would put back in your pocket.

Everything that disappears between the field and the sale: spoilage and rot, insect and rodent damage, spillage during threshing and transport, drying and handling losses, and poor storage. It is produce you grew and paid to grow but never sold — which is why valuing it matters.

They vary by crop and conditions, but a large share — often anywhere from 5% for well-handled grain to 30–40% for perishable fruit and vegetables — is lost between harvest and market. Even modest percentages add up to serious money on a full harvest, which the calculator makes plain.

Because cutting losses is often cheaper than growing more. If better storage, drying or handling halves your loss, the value of the produce you save goes straight to your bottom line — no extra land, seed or water required. The 'saved if halved' figure shows that prize in money terms.

Usually yes. Growing more means more inputs, land, labour and risk for every extra tonne. Saving produce you already harvested needs better drying, sealed or cold storage, pest control and careful handling — frequently a smaller, one-off or fixed investment than scaling production. The tool quantifies the saving so you can compare.

Yes. Enter your production, your loss percentage and your price for any crop — staple grain, pulses, oilseeds, fruit or vegetables. Perishables tend to have higher loss percentages, so the value lost can be striking; the tool is crop-neutral and uses your own figures.

Commonly at storage and handling: inadequate drying lets grain mould, gaps in storage invite pests and rodents, and rough handling bruises perishables. Knowing the money at stake helps you justify spending on dryers, sealed bins, cold rooms or better packing.

Yes. Loss percentage × production × price is universal. Choose your currency and enter local production, loss and price figures to value post-harvest loss anywhere in the world.

It is a planning estimate based on the numbers you enter. Real losses vary with weather, crop, storage and the season's prices. Use this tool to size the problem and to decide whether investing in better storage or handling pays — then track your actual losses to refine it.