Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2018 was 234,371 tonnes or 12.1% which had an estimated value of more than 78 million US dollar, which corresponds to 2.1% of national agricultural GDP.
As for nutrition 806 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 975 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 Boucle du Mouhoun.
To view the list of studies used to estimate these losses, please see the References tab.
| Produced | 1,929,834 tonnes |
|---|---|
| Estimated postharvest losses | 12.1% / 234,371 tonnes / > 78 million USD |
See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
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.
See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›
Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.
975,987
people, 4.9%
2,240,233
children, 111.7%
810,892
women, 429.0%
717,865
men, 40.6%
See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›