Blumberg in the News

David Blumberg, Chief Executive Officer of Blumberg Grain – West Africa, was interviewed this month in Business Today Egypt in an article titled Blumberg Grain Provides Solutions to Egypt's Grain Spoiling Problem. An excerpt follows:

Egypt has a major issue with grain spoiling. Some 40% of grain spoils every year, why?
Egypt regularly faces post-harvest wheat losses of approximately 40% due to spoilage occurring in the traditional, open-air storage facilities currently being used, commonly known as Shouna. This loss is due to depletion by pests, pilferage, rot and inclement weather.

What is the solution that Blumberg Grain provide to this problem? And how much can it reduce the percentage of spoiled grain?
The Shouna Development Project is a unique collaboration between the Ministry of Supply, Ministry of Defense and Blumberg Grain. The first phase of the project will revamp 93 Shouna (of 164 total planned) located across the country with modernized food security warehouses, known as Blumberg Grain Aggregation Centers.

This first phase of the project will enable primary processing of 3. 7 million metric tons of wheat per year across a platform of 3.6 million square feet of storage space.

The project will create one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated integrated food security systems for grain storage.

The Blumberg Grain Aggregation Centers, when properly implemented, can reduce postharvest losses down to 5% or less. The system will support the government in recovering crops lost to post harvest losses, saving Egypt up to an estimated USD 200 million annually.

To read the full interview, click here. For more news and information, visit Blumberg Partners.