Project ID: 58546

Chinese government donates 3,270 metric tons of rice worth $3 million USD to 5,290 households in Malawi

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Malawi

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

2017-01-01

Actual complete

2017-12-20

Geography

Description

On December 20, 2017, the Chinese government donated 3,270 metric tons of parboiled rice to 5,290 households that were affected by disasters in 2017 in Ntcheu, Malawi. The rice is worth $3 million USD. In 2017, the people in Malawi suffered from armyworm attacks, floods, and poor rain patterns during the growing season. The food will be disbursed by the Malawian government to ten districts to cushion the suffering of the people in the affected areas. In Ntcheu, about 264.5 metric tonnes of rice will benefit people from five traditional authorities of Ganya and Masasa in Sharpevalley EPA as well as Makwangwala, Phambala and Tsikulamowa in Manjawira EPA’s.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

2

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Malawi [Government Agency]