Overview

Chinese government donates $9 million emergency food aid

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$9,577,137

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•ChadDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•ChadSector•Emergency ResponseFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2017

End (actual): Nov 24, 2017

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 Chad

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Government of Chad

Loan description

Chinese government donates $9 million emergency food aid

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

According to Chinese Embassy, Chinese government will donate five thousand tonnes of rice valued at USD 9 million to Chad in 2017. This donation is part of the follow-up actions after the Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation held at the end of 2015. The donation is due to arrive in Chad in four batches, the first of which in 1,000 tonnes of rice has already arrived in December 2016. On January 6 and November 24, 2017, the handover ceremony for China's emergency food aid to Chad was conducted in N'Djamena. The ceremony was attended by Chinese Ambassador Wu Jie and the Chadian Minister of Agriculture, Syrac (2017年我向乍得提供紧急粮食援助项目交接仪式在乍举行).