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Overview

China’s Ministry of Agriculture dispatches agricultural experts to provide technical assistance (Linked to Record ID#68381)

Commitment Year•2017Country of Activity•Sao Tome and PrincipeDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•Sao Tome and PrincipeSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2017
Start (actual)
Jan 1, 2017
End (actual)
Jan 12, 2018

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 Agriculture

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of São Tomé & Príncipe

Loan description

China’s Ministry of Agriculture dispatches agricultural experts to provide technical assistance (Linked to Record ID#68381)

Narrative

Full Description

Project narrative

Shortly after China and São Tomé and Príncipe resumed diplomatic relations in December 2016, China’s Ministry of Agriculture dispatched 4 agricultural experts to São Tomé and Príncipe as part of a 'agricultural technical support project'. Since then, around 20 agricultural experts have worked in São Tomé and Príncipe (see #55550 and #55553). The team of experts reportedly helped increase maize yields by nearly 70% per hectare, taught sterilization techniques to reduce goat parasites, and promoted the use of faster-growing vegetable strains. The team completed its 12 month term of service on or around January 12, 2018.

Staff comments

This technical assistance project was part of a 2017 agreement for agriculture assistance (see P#68381). Since there was no indication of the exact day that agricultural team arrived, start date was put at Jan 1, 2017, as that is the month when the team arrived.