Overview

China funds Maldives pest control program

Commitment Year•2015Country of Activity•MaldivesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•MaldivesSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2015

Start (actual): May 18, 2015

End (actual): May 18, 2015

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 the Maldives

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences

Loan description

China funds Maldives pest control program

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

On May 18, 2015, the inauguration ceremony of a Brontispa longissima (coconut leaf beetle) pest control program [中国援马防治椰心叶甲项目] funded by China was held in the Maldives. Since 2014, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences has sent 7 experts to the Maldives to implement the prevention and control of the coconut leaf beetle, helping the Maldives build a coconut heart beetle natural enemy factory and a joint laboratory for coconut pests.