Project ID: 2127

Chinese Government donates 4,500 tons of yellow maize to Zambia for famine relief

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zambia

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2002-01-01

Actual start

2002-08-02

Actual complete

2003-09-16

Geography

Description

On August 6, 2002, the Chinese Government agreed to donate 4,500 tons of yellow maize to the Government of Zambia to alleviate famine. The monetary value of this donation is unknown. The purpose of this donation was to help the Zambian authorities deal with a shortfall of about 175,000 tons of maize. The maize was officially delivered and handed over to the authorities on September 16, 2003.

Number of official sources

0

Number of total sources

8

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Zambia [Government Agency]