Overview

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

Commitment Year•2003Country of Activity•Africa, regionalSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2003

Start (actual): Aug 21, 2003

End (actual): Aug 31, 2003

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Loan desecription

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

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

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.