Project ID: 18641

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

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Liberia

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

2006-01-01

Actual start

2006-01-01

Actual complete

2006-05-23

Description

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 project #40019.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

Yes

Cofinancing agencies [Type]

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]

United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Liberia [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Booker Washington Institute [Miscellaneous Agency Type]