Burkina Faso, Millet, 2011

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2011 was 87,823 tonnes or 10.6% which had an estimated value of more than 29 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.1% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 319 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 386 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, Market storage, and then Transport from field. 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.

Production quantity and estimated postharvest losses

Production quantity (tonnes)
Estimated postharvest losses (tonnes)

2011–2021
2011	828734
2012	1078373
2013	1078570
2014	972539
2015	946184
2016	905072
2017	828234
2018	1189080
2019	970176
2020	957255

Produced	828,734 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	10.6% / 87,823 tonnes / > 29 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
89.4027 Production quantity: 828,734 tonnes	10.6 Estimated PHL: 87,823 tonnes

See full postharvest losses data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

Value chain

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.

Estimated % of crop left
Estimated % of crop lost

	Amount remaining(%)	Estimated postharvest loss(%)
Production	100 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 100% Est. PHL: 0%
Harvesting/field drying	96.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%	3.5 Remaining: 96.5% Est. PHL: 3.5%
Threshing and Shelling	94.5 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%	2 Remaining: 94.5% Est. PHL: 2%
Winnowing	92.8182 Remaining: 92.8182% Est. PHL: 1.6818%	1.6818 Remaining: 92.8182% Est. PHL: 1.6818%
Transport from field	90.3182 Remaining: 90.3182% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 90.3182% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	89.73164 Remaining: 89.73164% Est. PHL: 0.58656%	0.58656 Remaining: 89.73164% Est. PHL: 0.58656%
Transport to market	88.73164 Remaining: 88.73164% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 88.73164% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	86.08164 Remaining: 86.08164% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 86.08164% Est. PHL: 2.65%

See full value chain data table with estimated losses in percentage › | tonnes › | USD ›

Nutrition

Number of people whose annual dietary requirements (in terms of energy, kcal) could have been met by consuming the millet that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

386,982

people, 2.0%

Children 1-3

888,260

children, 44.3%

Pregnant women 19-30

321,521

women, 170.1%

Men 31-50

284,636

men, 16.1%

See full nutritional impact data for Children 1–3 › | Pregnant women 19–30 › | Men 31–50 ›