Chinese Government donates tractors, bulldozers, and other agricultural equipment worth RMB 2 million to Zimbabwe in 2001
Commitment amount
$ 527370.4457
Constant 2017 USD
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]
Recipient
Zimbabwe
Sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)
Flow type
Grant
Concessional
Yes
Category
Project lifecycle
Description
On April 9, 2001, Chinese Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Hou Qingru, donated a batch of agricultural machinery worth 2 million RMB to the Zimbabwean Government on behalf of the Chinese government (See: China Donates Agricultural Equipment to Zimbabwe). The donation included tractors, maize sowing machines, grain drilling machines, bulldozers, and diving water pumps (See: China Donates Agricultural Equipment to Zimbabwe). At the hand-over ceremony, the Zimbabwean Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Joseph Made, said the equipment will be given to the Agricultural and Rural Development Authority, District Development Fund, and the Zimbabwe Farmers' Union (See: China Donates Agricultural Equipment to Zimbabwe). This project is completed.
Number of official sources
0
Number of unofficial sources
1
Details
Cofinanced
No
Receiving agencies [Type]
Commercial Farmers' Union of Zimbabwe [NGO/CSO/Foundation]; Zimbabwe Agricultural and Rural Development Authority [Government Agency]; Zimbabwean District Decelopment Fund (DDF) [Government Agency]