![]() “It is risky of course,” Hesham Hassanein, a Cairo-based regional grain consultant said, explaining that the wheat held in the Beirut silo belonged to the private millers and not to the government. It mirrors how the state has resorted to emergency plans rather than long-term solutions in other key areas, such as its infamously flawed power sector and messy garbage collection, moving from one quick fix to another since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war. With banks in crisis and one of the world’s biggest public debt burdens, Economy Minister Raoul Nehme has said Lebanon had “very limited” resources to deal with the disaster, which by some estimates may have cost the nation up to $15 billion. Its main function is operational serving as temporary storage for imported grain until the grain is transported to the mills,” he said.ĭozens are still missing after Tuesday’s explosion at the port that killed at least 154 people, injured 5,000 and left up to 250,000 homeless, in a country already hammered by an economic meltdown and a surge in coronavirus cases. ![]() “The Beirut port silo main function is not meant to be for strategic grain reserves. “In terms of grain silos, that was the only major one,” Maurice Saade, the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) representative in Lebanon, told Reuters. But the state’s food security plans did not include keeping a government-held reserve, a common practice in most countries heavily dependent on imports, for use in the event of emergencies. Lebanon, a nation of an estimated 6 million people, buys almost all of its wheat from abroad. The destruction of the 120,000-tonne capacity structure and of the port, the main entry point for food imports, means buyers will have to rely on smaller private storage facilities for their wheat purchases with no government reserves to fall back on, exacerbating fears of food shortages. This charming home lets the outside in and the inside out.Lebanese army members walk near the damaged grain silo at the site of Tuesday's blast, at Beirut's port area, Lebanon, August 7, 2020. This home designed from a repurposed grain provides 544 feet of efficient living area and 814 under roof. This patio provides access to the kitchen via the bay window serving area. The master suite opens to a relaxing patio. Included just off the hallway is a laundry room with cabinets above the washer and dryer producing generous storage for linen, towels and supplies. A door off the hallway provides access to the bathroom without disturbing the master suite. The kitchen bay window provides serving to the outside patio.Ħ-foot-wide hallway French doors open to the vaulted ceiling master bedroom suite which includes a large closet and bathroom. ![]() Wise use of space features a kitchen pantry below the stairs leading to the loft bedroom. The guest bedroom loft is just above the kitchen area. The living area opens to a dramatic vaulted ceiling that follows the pitch of the original grain bin. The main living area ceiling of the repurposed grain bin is 23’ tall. The Grain Silo Cottage is a livable, charming and unique tiny country home. Today many are repurposed as a cottage or small farmhouse. Today BIG agriculture has rendered small silos and grain bins obsolete. Grain Silo Cottage – By the turn of the century the Midwest owner of a dairy herd of more than a dozen cows, who had failed to erect a silo or grain bin, was regarded as behind the age. * *Prices are subject to change based on cost of labor and material fluctuation at time of agreement**
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