Overview

Chinese Government provides grant for Mushroom Cultivation Technical Cooperation Project

Commitment Year•2004Country of Activity•EgyptDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•EgyptSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2004

Start (actual): Jul 1, 2005

End (actual): Mar 26, 2008

Geospatial footprint

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Mushroom farm is located on the outskirts of Cairo. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/4103336.

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 Egypt

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

China Ministry of Agriculture

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant for Mushroom Cultivation Technical Cooperation Project

Narrative

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Project narrative

On May 24, 2004, Egyptian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Fayizah Muhammad Abu-al-Naja, and the Chinese Deputy Commerce Minister signed a grant agreement for the Mushroom Cultivation Technical Cooperation Project. This project involved the construction of a mushroom farm and the provision of technical assistance related to mushroom cultivation. China’s Ministry of Agriculture was responsible for implementation. The project commenced in July 2005 and ended in July 2007. A project handover certificate was issued on March 26, 2008. This project resulted in the introduction and cultivation of 14 new varieties of mushrooms and the training of 380 professional technicians and mushroom growers in Egypt.

Staff comments

This project is also known as the China-aided Mushroom Planting Technology Project. The Chinese project title is 我援埃蘑菇种植技术项目 or 埃蘑菇种植技术项目. The monetary value of the grant commitment that supported this project is unknown.