Burkina Faso, Maize, 2018

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for maize in 2018 was 289,931 tonnes or 17.1%.

As for nutrition 1,011 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 1 million 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, Household-level storage, and then Further drying. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Hauts-Bassins.

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	1076747
2012	1556315
2013	1585420
2014	1433086
2015	1469611
2016	1602525
2017	1533432
2018	1700127
2019	1710896
2020	1920102

Produced	1,700,127 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	17.1% / 289,931 tonnes

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
82.9465 Production quantity: 1,700,127 tonnes	17.1 Estimated PHL: 289,931 tonnes

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

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	93.58 Remaining: 93.58% Est. PHL: 6.42%	6.42 Remaining: 93.58% Est. PHL: 6.42%
Further drying	89.58 Remaining: 89.58% Est. PHL: 4%	4 Remaining: 89.58% Est. PHL: 4%
Threshing and Shelling	88.26 Remaining: 88.26% Est. PHL: 1.32%	1.32 Remaining: 88.26% Est. PHL: 1.32%
Transport from field	85.90185 Remaining: 85.90185% Est. PHL: 2.35815%	2.35815 Remaining: 85.90185% Est. PHL: 2.35815%
Household-level storage	81.78976 Remaining: 81.78976% Est. PHL: 4.11209%	4.11209 Remaining: 81.78976% Est. PHL: 4.11209%
Transport to market	80.13976 Remaining: 80.13976% Est. PHL: 1.65%	1.65 Remaining: 80.13976% Est. PHL: 1.65%
Market storage	77.48976 Remaining: 77.48976% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 77.48976% Est. PHL: 2.65%

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

Nutrition

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

Total number

1,224,901

people, 6.2%

Children 1-3

2,811,579

children, 140.2%

Pregnant women 19-30

1,017,701

women, 538.4%

Men 31-50

900,948

men, 50.9%

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