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China grants 1.211 million USD for the First Phase of the Mt. Hagen Rice Project in PNG (Linked to Record ID#39378, #39383, #63990, and #69380)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$1,680,042
Commitment Year•2009Country of Activity•Papua New GuineaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Papua New GuineaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2009
Start (actual)
Dec 3, 2009

Geospatial footprint

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This project took place at Mt. Hagen Agriculture College in the city of Mt. Hagen. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/840643880

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

Government Agencies

  • Government of Papua New Guinea

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • Hubei Province Lianfeng Overseas Agriculture Development Co., Ltd (Hubei Lianfeng)

Loan description

China grants 1.211 million USD for the First Phase of the Mt. Hagen Rice Project in PNG (Linked to Record ID#39378, #39383, #63990, and #69380)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 3 2009, China's Ministry of Commerce granted 1,211,000 USD (K4 million) for the First Phase of the Mt. Hagen Rice Project in Papua New Guinea. The project will provide technical advice and teach modern farming techniques for dry rice to local rice farmers at the Hagen Agricultural College in the Western Highlands Province. The project hopes to diversify local food crop production. The project has developed 4 hectares of land, producing 12.4 tones of rice. The implementing organization for this project was Hubei Provincial Department of Agriculture. Farming equipment including a tractor, rice threshers, milling machines and huller were provided. A team of 6 specialists, led by Guan Shihuai, trained local farmers on how to grow rice and vegetables in June 2011. The project began in December 2009 will be conducted in Five Phases with a total grant amount of K22 million from the Chinese Government (Phase 1 (this project), Phase 2 #39378, Phase 3 #39383, Phase 4 #63990). This project falls under an umbrella for the entire project, captured in #69380.