The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mohamed Abdelhafidh Henni, made an inspection visit on July 08, 2023, in El Attaf municipality, Ain Defla, within the framework of a project to study and implement metal silos and their accessories for grain storage with a capacity of 20,000 tonnes. This was in the presence of the President and General Manager of Batimetal Company of Imetal Group, Mr Yahia Hacene, The Technical and Achievement Central Director, Mr Douh Rachid, and the Regional Director in charge of project follow-up, Mr Bahlouli Khalil.

During his visit, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development supervised the national program implementation launch to enhance grain storage capacities at the level of the neighbourhood storage in El Attaf.

It is worth noting that this program includes 350 neighbourhood centres at the national level to raise storage capacities to 9 million tonnes across the country. It is also the most considerable program since its independence.