Project ID: 58138

FAO-China South South Cooperation Trust Fund sends 21 China agricultural experts to Malawi (Linked to #48940, Umbrella #87769)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Agriculture [Government Agency]

Recipient

Malawi

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2010-08-08

Actual start

2010-08-08

Planned complete

2012-08-01

Actual complete

2012-10-16

NOTE: Red circles denote delays between planned and actual dates

Description

On August 8, 2010, the Chinese Government committed to send 5 agricultural experts and 16 agricultural technicians to assist Malawi (Project #58138). The monetary value of the technical assistance program is recorded in the Government of Malawi's Aid Management Platform as $1,050,098 (see Project #48940). This was financed through the FAO-China South South Cooperation Trust Fund (see Umbrella Project #87769). The project was scheduled to last for 2 years. According to a UN FAO report, 18 Chinese experts and technicians were deployed to Malawi, and over the two year period, Chinese experts introduced 106 new agricultural techniques, 60 new plant varieties, and six pieces of agricultural equipment and tools. This project was completed on October 16, 2012.

Additional details

This project captures the free-standing technical assistance and Project #48940 captures the grant financing.

Number of official sources

3

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Malawi [Government Agency]

FAO-China South-South Cooperation Trust Fund [State-owned Fund]