Overview

Chinese Government provides $5 million grant for Phase 1 of Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project (Linked to Record ID#34702, #34701, #63874, and #63877)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$11,250,175

Commitment Year•2003Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2003

Start (actual): Jun 1, 2003

End (actual): Jun 1, 2008

Geospatial footprint

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This project was undertaken on the the campus of Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/668186297.

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 Commerce

Receiving agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Philippines-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Central Luzon State University
Philippine Rice Research Institute

Loan description

Chinese Government provides $5 million grant for Phase 1 of Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project (Linked to Record ID#34702, #34701, #63874, and #63877)

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2003, China and the Philippines launched Phase I of the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Program at the Philippines-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT) at Central Luzon State University. The project was established with support from a $5 million Chinese Government grant, in addition to land and P10.5m from the Philippine Department of Agriculture. The total project cost around 500 million PHP. Phase 1 of the project began in June 2003 and ended in June 2008. It was primarily concerned with hybrid rice and agri-mechanization technologies and was deemed a modest success. 50 Chinese hybrid rice varieties were tested in 22 rice-growing municipalities in the Philippines, with 33 selected. PhilSCAT also developed 7 new hybrid rice varieties, with 3 being submitted for approval for large-scale production and possible distribution. This project is linked to the establishment of PhilSCAT (recorded in Record ID#34702), phase II of the Technical Cooperation project (recorded in Record ID#63877), and phase III (recorded in Record ID#63874). Additional financing for TCP-I came from the $100 million USD credit line captured in Record ID#34701.