Burkina Faso, Sorghum, 2021

Burkina Faso's estimated postharvest losses for sorghum in 2021 was 199,481 tonnes or 12.1% which had an estimated value of more than 64 million US dollar.

As for nutrition 686 billion kcal were lost, which is the equivalent of more than 830 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 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	1505535
2012	1923806
2013	1880465
2014	1707613
2015	1435640
2016	1663843
2017	1365898
2018	1929834
2019	1871790
2020	1839574

Produced	1,643,721 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	12.1% / 199,481 tonnes / > 64 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
87.864 Production quantity: 1,643,721 tonnes	12.1 Estimated PHL: 199,481 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	95.45 Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%	4.55 Remaining: 95.45% Est. PHL: 4.55%
Threshing and Shelling	91.85 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%	3.6 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 3.6%
Winnowing	91.85 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%	0 Remaining: 91.85% Est. PHL: 0%
Transport from field	89.68333 Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%	2.16667 Remaining: 89.68333% Est. PHL: 2.16667%
Household-level storage	88.10683 Remaining: 88.10683% Est. PHL: 1.5765%	1.5765 Remaining: 88.10683% Est. PHL: 1.5765%
Transport to market	87.10683 Remaining: 87.10683% Est. PHL: 1%	1 Remaining: 87.10683% Est. PHL: 1%
Market storage	84.45683 Remaining: 84.45683% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 84.45683% 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 sorghum that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

830,695

people, 4.2%

Children 1-3

1,906,737

children, 95.1%

Pregnant women 19-30

690,177

women, 365.1%

Men 31-50

610,999

men, 34.5%

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