Benin, Maize, 2020

Benin's estimated postharvest losses for maize in 2020 was 270,022 tonnes or 16.8% which had an estimated value of more than 104 million US dollar.

As for nutrition 942 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, Further drying, and then Household-level storage. Highest estimated postharvest maize losses in tonnes were estimated to occur in Alibori.

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	1165957
2012	1174564
2013	1345819
2014	1354344
2015	1286060
2016	1376683
2017	1514913
2018	1543974
2019	1580751
2020	1611615

Produced	1,611,615 tonnes
Estimated postharvest losses	16.8% / 270,022 tonnes / > 104 million USD

Production quantity	Estimated postharvest losses
83.2453 Production quantity: 1,611,615 tonnes	16.8 Estimated PHL: 270,022 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	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	85.90286 Remaining: 85.90286% Est. PHL: 2.35714%	2.35714 Remaining: 85.90286% Est. PHL: 2.35714%
Household-level storage	82.96769 Remaining: 82.96769% Est. PHL: 2.93517%	2.93517 Remaining: 82.96769% Est. PHL: 2.93517%
Transport to market	81.31769 Remaining: 81.31769% Est. PHL: 1.65%	1.65 Remaining: 81.31769% Est. PHL: 1.65%
Market storage	78.66769 Remaining: 78.66769% Est. PHL: 2.65%	2.65 Remaining: 78.66769% 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 maize that was lost postharvest, and what % of the focal group of the population this number equates to.

Total number

1,127,217

people, 9.8%

Children 1-3

2,618,511

children, 237.1%

Pregnant women 19-30

947,816

women, 776.5%

Men 31-50

839,081

men, 78.0%

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