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Beirut’s blast destroyed Lebanon’s only large grain silo, with plans for another in the country’s second biggest port Tripoli shelved years ago due to a lack of funding. | reuters

Tuesday’s explosion

The lack of a dedicated grain terminal, silo or grain elevators in Tripoli illustrates a hand-to-mouth approach to food security. Nehme has said that only 15,000 tonnes were stored at the silo when the explosion hit and that Lebanon needed an inventory of around three months’ supply at any time for food security purposes.

On Thursday, Nehme told Reuters his ministry had been planning to create a strategic reserve of around 40,000 tonnes but had not managed to do so yet. Even before the blast, a currency crash and soaring prices had already left many poor, raising fears of widespread hunger. The grain received at that port will have to be trucked around 2 km for storage at nearby mills, with no silo at the port.

 

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