Nutritional impact: Burkina Faso - Rice - 2016


Quantity lost postharvest Total population, Burkina Faso Male, 31-50 years, Burkina Faso
Number of people's
annual nutritional requirements lost
% of population
nutritional requirements lost
Number of people
in focal group’s annual nutrient requirements lost
% of focal group population’s
annual nutritional requirements lost
Energy 186,726,765,706 kcal 226,041 1.1 166,259 9.4
Carbohydrate 41,893,140 kg 324,567 1.6 238,728 13.5
Protein 3,691,733 kg 316,587 1.6 218,925 12.4
Fat 321,020 kg 12,692 0.064 9,355 0.529
Fibre, total dietary 749,047 kg 65,138 0.330 47,639 2.7
Calcium, Ca 6,420 kg 21,213 0.107 21,988 1.2
Iron, Fe 749.0 kg 222,352 1.1 228,020 12.9
Zinc, Zn 620.6 kg 183,999 0.932 129,208 7.3
Folate, total 10.7 kg 111,164 0.563 91,615 5.2
Vitamin A (RAE) 0 kg 0 0 0 0
Vitamin C 0 kg 0 0 0 0

Reference data

Total population - Burkina Faso 19,751,657
Total population - Burkina Faso;
Male, 31-50 years
1,768,930

2018 population estimates; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2017). World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, DVD Edition.


Rice: production - Burkina Faso, 2016 384,688,000 kg
Rice: losses - Burkina Faso, 2016 53,503,371 kg

Data version 2.19.3