Overview

Chinese Government pledges to improve agricultural production by providing farm equipment and training programs

Commitment Year•2012Country of Activity•BotswanaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BotswanaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Pipeline: Pledge

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Mar 31, 2012

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

China Ministry of Agriculture

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Botswana

Loan desecription

Chinese Government pledges to improve agricultural production by providing farm equipment and training programs

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On March 31, 2012, the Chinese vice Minister of Agriculture, Niu Dun has promised Botswana s Minister of Agriculture Christian De Graaf that China is prepared to make investments in the segments of agricultural tools to aid enhance productivity of foodstuff. In a meeting with Christian De Graaf, Niu Dun promised to help Botswana improve its agricultural production by providing new farm equipment and training programs. The two countries are also exploring plans to export beef to China.