Project ID: 1087

South-South Cooperation programme provides agricultural experts' and technicians' assistance to African Region

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Africa, regional

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2003-01-01

Actual start

2003-08-21

Actual complete

2003-08-31

Description

On August 21, 2003, China sent agricultural experts to Africa under the South-South Cooperation program, an initiative supported by the FAO, (potentially the SSC Tripartite Agreement). The training lasted ten days and was on the technology of maize cultivation. Ten African countries participated, including Sudan, Ghana, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Botswana, Tanzania and the host country Ethiopia. The training was jointly organized by the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MoFED) in collaboration with the Chinese government. During the ten-day training, the participants will be provided with courses that focus on the technical know-how in maize cultivation and field management, and the theory and method in agriculture technology popularization.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [Intergovernmental Organization]