Project ID: 38626

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

Commitment amount

$ 12180318.701892687

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 12180318.7

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Philippines

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

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

2003-01-01

Actual start

2003-06-01

Actual complete

2008-06-01

Geography

Description

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 project #34702), phase II of the Technical Cooperation project (recorded in project #63877), and phase III (recorded in project #63874). Additional financing for TCP-I came from the $100 million USD credit line captured in project #34701.

Number of official sources

7

Number of total sources

10

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Philippines-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Central Luzon State University [Miscellaneous Agency Type]

Philippine Rice Research Institute [Government Agency]