Burkina Faso, Rice, 2022

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for rice in 2022 was 33,373 tonnes or 13.9%.

As for nutrition 116 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 140 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, Threshing and Shelling, and then Market storage. 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 240858
2012 319389
2013 305382
2014 347500
2015 325139
2016 384688
2017 325566
2018 350391
2019 376529
2020 451420
Produced 239,487 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses 13.9% / 33,373 tonnes
Production quantity Estimated postharvest losses
86.0648 Production quantity: 239,487 tonnes 13.9 Estimated PHL: 33,373 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 95.59667 Remaining: 95.59667%
Est. PHL: 4.40333%
4.40333 Remaining: 95.59667%
Est. PHL: 4.40333%
Threshing and Shelling 92.45953 Remaining: 92.45953%
Est. PHL: 3.13714%
3.13714 Remaining: 92.45953%
Est. PHL: 3.13714%
Winnowing 89.95953 Remaining: 89.95953%
Est. PHL: 2.5%
2.5 Remaining: 89.95953%
Est. PHL: 2.5%
Transport from field 88.70953 Remaining: 88.70953%
Est. PHL: 1.25%
1.25 Remaining: 88.70953%
Est. PHL: 1.25%
Household-level storage 88.47999 Remaining: 88.47999%
Est. PHL: 0.22954%
0.22954 Remaining: 88.47999%
Est. PHL: 0.22954%
Transport to market 87.47999 Remaining: 87.47999%
Est. PHL: 1%
1 Remaining: 87.47999%
Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage 84.82999 Remaining: 84.82999%
Est. PHL: 2.65%
2.65 Remaining: 84.82999%
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 rice that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

140,994

people, 0.7%


Children 1-3

323,631

children, 16.1%


Pregnant women 19-30

117,144

women, 62.0%


Men 31-50

103,705

men, 5.9%

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