Food Security and Food Safety Workshop: Blumberg Grain in collaboration with the US Embassy in Algeria/US Commercial Service

January 2016 – Hotel El Aurassi, Algiers, Algeria

The workshop opening remarks were provided by U.S Ambassador to Algeria, in presence of officials from USDA, the US Department of Commerce, Algerian key governmental representatives, private sector, the chamber of agriculture, commerce, and industry, the agricultural research institute, farmers, producers, and university students.

The workshop included presentations on why Food Security is needed, and how technologies for Grain Storage, Cold Chain, Controlled Atmosphere, are important to reduce post-harvest losses, and increase shelf life of agricultural produce, while increasing farmers income and reducing the country large exports of foodstuff.