Project ID: 53030

Chinese Government commits RMB 160 million of food assistance

Commitment amount

$ 28431424.273825668

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 28431424.27

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Zimbabwe

Sector

Emergency response (Code: 720)

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

2016-01-01

Planned start

2016-03-23

Actual start

2016-09-25

Actual complete

2017-09-11

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Description

On 23 March, 2016, during the Second Multi-Stakeholder Consultative Meeting in Zimbabwe, China’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Huang Ping, pledged that the Chinese Government would grant RMB 160 million (approximately 24.6 million U.S. dollars) of emergency food aid to Zimbabwe to help alleviate the famine situation in the country. More specifically, the Chinese Government agreed to donate 19,000 tons of rice. A first consignment of 5,550 tons of rice arrived in Zimbabwe on 15 September, 2016. A second consignment of 12,5000 tons of rice arrived in Zimbabwe on 11 September, 2017.

Number of official sources

7

Number of total sources

11

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Zimbabwe [Government Agency]