July 14, 2025|
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|5 months agoFood Security: Switzerland Among 30 Nations Maintaining Strategic Grain Reserves
Switzerland's proactive approach to food security through grain reserves highlighted as global food security concerns rise.
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- Only 30 countries globally are actively maintaining and using grain reserves despite rising food security risks.
- Swiss technology company Bühler secured over 150 wheat milling projects in the last two years.
- Iraq possesses 5.5 million tonnes of grain reserves, sufficient for one year of domestic supply.
- Approximately 15% of the global grain trade passes through the Suez Canal.
By The Numbers
CHF 725 million
Turnover
60 million
People fed
$750 million
Import cost
0.3%
Global trade impact
They Said
"Milling Solutions, the largest business area of Bühler, experienced double-digit turnover growth to a record high due to global demand for large grain processing projects."
"There are several factors coming together now. Firstly, there is a rapidly growing population in countries like Nigeria, Pakistan and Indonesia, and their governments need to somehow feed their citizens."
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