Overview

China donates 1,400 tonnes of rice to Guinea Bissau

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,654,354

Commitment Year•2013Country of Activity•Guinea-BissauDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Guinea-BissauSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Nov 26, 2013

Start (actual): Nov 27, 2013

End (actual): Nov 26, 2013

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 Guinea-Bissau

Loan desecription

China donates 1,400 tonnes of rice to Guinea Bissau

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

China has offered 1,400 tonnes of rice to Guinea Bissau to help it address the problem of food shortage in November 2013. The Chinese aid valued at around 1.6 million U.S. dollars is in response to the request made by Guinea Bissau authorities following a poor harvest of cashew nuts, the country's biggest export product and the main source of income for majority of farmers. The agreement for the aid was signed in Bissau between China's ambassador to Guinea Bissau Wang Hua and Guinea Bissau's Agriculture Minister Nicolau dos Santos, in the presence of Prime Minister Rui Duarte Barros and members of his government.