Egypt establishes huge warehouses for wheat crops

Egypt establishes huge warehouses for wheat crops

A report published by the Egyptian government on Tuesday revealed that the state has established 35 new silos for storing wheat since 2014, bringing the total number of silos to 75 in 2023.

Before the launch of the national silos project, the state incurred losses of about LE10 billion annually due to the quantitative and qualitative losses of wheat, the report said.

The report indicated that the number of silos reached 75 in 2023, compared to 40 in 2014, with 35 new silos, in addition to the storage capacity of silos reaching 3.6 million tons in 2023, compared to 1.2 million tons in 2014, an increase of 200 percent.

Up to 60 field silos with a capacity of 10,000 tons each are under construction.

The report added that seven strategic warehouses are being implemented with the aim of increasing the commodity stock and bringing it to between eight to nine months instead of four to six months.

Up to 105 earthen barns have been converted to developed hangars with a total storage capacity of 211,500 tons.

The report also reviewed the most prominent horizontal expansion projects to increase the agricultural area, as the state is working to expand the cultivation of Egyptian wheat, widely regarded as