Overview

Modernization of irrigation and seeds

Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•SudanSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jun 18, 2009

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC)

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Gezira State

Loan desecription

Modernization of irrigation and seeds

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On June 18, 2009 at Friendship Hall in Khartoum, Sudan's Gezira State and Chinese CMCE Company signed a memo of understanding for CMCE to modernize irrigation and improve seeds. Per the agreement, Chinese will clean the water canals and introduce modern machines. Sudan's Minister of Agriculture, Abdul-Halim Ismail Al- Mutaafi, and Minister of Finance, Awad Al Jaz, attended the signing. The amount of financing, as well as the current status and start and end dates are unknown.