1. What does the storage business involve?

Good grain preservation requires human intervention to control humidity and storage temperature.

Figure 1 explains the challenges of grain preservation in terms of the temperature and humidity required to prevent deterioration.

Storage silos can include facilities to accommodate several types of activity.

These installations are as follows:

• For storage activities :

• bulk storage capacities ;

• handling towers ;

• receiving and shipping stations ;

• handling galleries ;

• transport and distribution systems ;

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