Project ID: 57743

China donates 3 million USD worth of rice to Guinea-Bissau

Commitment amount

$ 3269549.2436360302

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 3269549.24

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Guinea-Bissau

Sector

Developmental food aid/food security assistance (Code: 520)

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

2018-09-03

Actual complete

2019-04-27

Description

At the 3rd China-Africa Cooperation Forum (FOCAC) in Beijing on September 3-4, 2018, the Chinese government agreed to donate US$3 million worth of rice to Guinea-Bissau. The donation consisted of 2,638 tons of rice. As of April 27, 2019, the project has been completed. However, according to media reports, 170 tons of the rice was seized and confiscated by Guinea-Bissau's government, in particular, the country's minister of agriculture, forestry, and animal husbandry. It is unknown whether the police department was able to arrest the minister and distribute the rice to the people or not.

Additional details

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Guinea-Bissau [Government Agency]