L’National Cereal Office and the Ministry of Agricultureas well as the agricultural structures concerned by the cereal sector, examine the possibility of using rail transport To strengthen the chain of collection of major crops.
Two studies are underway for Develop cereal collection networks and make harvests transport to silos and collection centers more fluid, especially for wheat, barley and triticale. The first study focuses on Creation of new collection centers in production areasnear the railways, in order to facilitate the transport of crops, according to the indications of Malak Seghirrepresentative of the National Cereal Office, during her intervention last Thursday as part of the National Day for the Cereal Campaign Evaluation 2024/2025 and preparations for the 2025/2026 campaign, organized by the National Institute of Agricultural Research in Tunisia.
The second study is a Comparative analysis between the cost of building new collection centers in production areas and the current cost of transporting crops by land (trucks and trains…).
Seghir also presented the Procedures and steps followed for grain collection during the 2024/2025 campaignas well as preparations for the next campaign and the measures adopted to improve the effectiveness of collection operations. This includes, among other things, a 5 % increase in cereal transport ratesthere Deletion of the maximum load ceiling for the transport of harvests During the collection campaign, the Coordination with the National Railway Companythere National chamber of freight carriers and cereal transport cooperativesas well as the creation of a green number To follow the collection chain.
According to Malak Seghir, the Collection performance for the 2024/2025 campaign was goodsince the quantities of cereals collected at the national level have exceeded the annual average of the last five yearswhether for cereals intended for consumption or for selected seeds.
Cereal collection could be even better during the next campaign, the participants in the National Evaluation Day say. All hope that Climatic conditions will be favorable To guarantee a good harvest in Tunisia, because without sufficient rains, sector forecasts could be compromised.
