December 27, 2012

The Turkish Grain Board (TMO) will provide 1.5 million tonnes capacity storages within five years to resolve Turkey's six million tonnes grain storage shortage.

While Turkey produces 32 million grains per year and supplies 70% of production to the market, the storage capacity of TMO is four million tonnes of grain and private sector's is 14 million, which makes 17 million tonnes. With a demand for six million tonnes of storage, the board aims to develop a new storage area with the capacity to house 1.5 million tonnes of grain in five years, also ensuring the grains will be stored in accordance with healthy storage standards.