Burkina Faso, Millet, 2008

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2008 was 135,966 tonnes or 10.8% which had an estimated value of more than 45 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.8% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 494 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 599 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	1,255,183 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	10.8% / 135,966 tonnes / > 45 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
89.1676 Production quantity: 1,255,183 tonnes	10.8 Estimated PHL: 135,966 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	92.63848 Remaining: 92.63848% Est. PHL: 1.86152%	1.86152 Remaining: 92.63848% Est. PHL: 1.86152%
Transport from field	90.13848 Remaining: 90.13848% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 90.13848% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	89.50329 Remaining: 89.50329% Est. PHL: 0.63519%	0.63519 Remaining: 89.50329% Est. PHL: 0.63519%
Transport to market	88.50329 Remaining: 88.50329% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 88.50329% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	85.85329 Remaining: 85.85329% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 85.85329% 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

599,119

people, 3.0%

Children 1-3

1,375,189

children, 68.6%

Pregnant women 19-30

497,774

women, 263.3%

Men 31-50

440,668

men, 24.9%

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