Burkina Faso, Millet, 2012

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for millet in 2012 was 110,852 tonnes or 10.3% which had an estimated value of more than 54 million US dollar, which corresponds to 1.8% of national agricultural GDP.

As for nutrition 403 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 488 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	1,078,373 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	10.3% / 110,852 tonnes / > 54 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
89.7204 Production quantity: 1,078,373 tonnes	10.3 Estimated PHL: 110,852 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	92.92232 Remaining: 92.92232% Est. PHL: 1.57768%	1.57768 Remaining: 92.92232% Est. PHL: 1.57768%
Transport from field	90.42232 Remaining: 90.42232% Est. PHL: 2.5%	2.5 Remaining: 90.42232% Est. PHL: 2.5%
Household-level storage	89.85216 Remaining: 89.85216% Est. PHL: 0.57016%	0.57016 Remaining: 89.85216% Est. PHL: 0.57016%
Transport to market	88.85216 Remaining: 88.85216% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 88.85216% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	86.20216 Remaining: 86.20216% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 86.20216% 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

488,456

people, 2.5%

Children 1-3

1,121,179

children, 55.9%

Pregnant women 19-30

405,831

women, 214.7%

Men 31-50

359,273

men, 20.3%

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