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Overview

China held Intensive Rice Training Project at BWI for Liberian Farmers (linked with #40019)

Commitment Year•2006Country of Activity•LiberiaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•LiberiaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2006
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2006
End (actual)
May 23, 2006

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

Cofinancing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Liberia

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Booker Washington Institute

Loan desecription

China held Intensive Rice Training Project at BWI for Liberian Farmers (linked with #40019)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

From January to May 2006, China sent several agricultural experts to lead the Intensive Rice Training Project at the Booker Washington Institute in Liberia. The project is part of the China-Liberia agricultural technology cooperation framework, and is co-sponsored by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (UNFAO). On May 23, 2006, the graduation ceremony for the rice cultivation training project was held at the Liberian Vocational and Technical Training Institute. Liberian Vice President Boakai, the Liberian Deputy Minister, the Chinese Ambassador Lin Songtian, and other officials attended the ceremony. Participants of the ceremony also included representatives from the World Food Programme and the FAO; the media reported over 400 participants. Ambassador Lin congratulated the training participants for producing twice the Liberian record of highest per mu yield of rice after five months of training under Chinese experts. The value of this assistance is unknown. The second training for this project was held from April to June 2007, and is recorded in the linked Record ID#40019.