Project ID: 58581

Chinese Government donates 5,547 tons of rice worth RMB 50 million (Linked to Project ID#58654)

Commitment amount

$ 8884820.085570522

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 8884820.09

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]

Recipient

Niger

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

2016-01-01

Actual start

2017-03-20

Actual complete

2017-03-20

Description

On 20 March 2017, the Chinese Government officially donated 5,547 tons of rice (valued at 50 million RMB) to the Government of Niger. According to french.people.cn article, this donation was committed in 2016 under a Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (umbrella project #58654). This donation supported the President's Nigeriens Feed Nigeriens initiative designed to address Niger's 2015 deficit crop, regional conflict, and on-going refugee crisis. According to the official distribution plan, 55,470 households (nearly 400,000 people) in 8 regions across Niger will receive a portion of this emergency food aid.

Number of official sources

1

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Niger [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Government of Niger [Government Agency]