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Overview

China pledges to donate 5,000 tons of food aid to Zimbabwe

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•ZimbabweDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ZimbabweSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 2, 2008
Start (planned)
Jan 3, 2008

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

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Zimbabwe

Loan desecription

China pledges to donate 5,000 tons of food aid to Zimbabwe

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On January 3, 2008, the Chinese Government agreed to send 5,000 tons of food aid to Zimbabwe to help with a food shortage in the country. A crop assessment after the 2007 harvest indicated that the country had roughly a 1 million ton shortfall. It is unclear whether or not or when the shipment arrived in Zimbabwe. However, this pledge may have been fulfilled when the Chinese Government provided $5 million to the World Food Program in May 2008 to support its food aid delivery efforts in Zimbabwe (see Record ID#62137).