Project ID: 16867

Chinese Government donates 4,500 metric tons of yellow maize worth USD $500,000 to Zimbabwe in 2003 (linked to project #18334)

Commitment amount

$ 1218031.8701892688

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 1218031.87

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zimbabwe

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

Flow type

Grant

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

2003-01-10

Actual complete

2003-01-10

Description

On 10 January, 2003, the Chinese Government donated 4,500 tonnes of yellow maize to the Government of Zimbabwe. The purpose of the donation — valued at USD $500,000 — was to help those affected by drought. The donation was officially handed over from China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Hou Qingru, to Zimbabwe’s Minister of Lands, Agriculture, and Rural Resettlement, Commander Joseph Made. This project is completed. In 2006, the Chinese Government donated an additional 3,000 tonnes of maize to those in drought stricken regions of Zimbabwe, which is recorded in the linked project #18334..

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Zimbabwe [Government Agency]