The Agro-Marketing and Trade Agency's silo capacity for grain storage currently stands at 22,900 metric tonnes.

However, AMTA's Corporate Communication Officer says this is not enough to meet Namibia's current grain demand.

Of the 22,900 metric tonnes, Zambezi Region has the highest storage capacity of 7,400 metric tonnes, Ohangwena has 4,500, Kavango East and Oshikoto have 4000 each, and the lowest is Omusati with 3000 metric tonnes.

Pasval Elijah says AMTA plans to expand this capacity to at least 99 thousand metric tonnes over a five-year period.

Russia says it will supply more than 500 thousand metric tons of grain to all affected countries, including those in Africa, for free.

This is after the Russian and Ukrainian authorities agreed to the UN-backed agreement to allow the export of grain via a safe Black Sea humanitarian corridor as of Wednesday.

The supply of grain was interrupted by the 8-month-long conflict, which saw prices soar in various countries.