Project ID: 20311

Chinese Government provides $500,000 grant for provision of 4,000 tons of soybeans

Commitment amount

$ 899632.1914420499

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 899632.19

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zimbabwe

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

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

2007-01-01

Actual start

2009-06-30

Actual complete

2009-06-30

Description

In 2007, the Chinese Government provided a $500,000 food assistance grant to the Government of Zimbabwe. The donation consisted of 4,000 tons of soybeans, which were intended to alleviate food shortages caused by droughts in Zimbabwe. The donation was also thought to boost the production of Olivine Industries, a vegetable oil producer in Zimbabwe. The donation was officially delivered on June 30, 2009 at a ceremony attended by China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Yuan Nansheng, to Zimbabwe's Finance Minister, Tendai Biti. The increased level of vegetable oil production was hoped to help meet the requirements of Zimbabwe's Short Term Emergency Recovery Programme (STERP).

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Zimbabwe [Government Agency]