Overview

Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Sciences collaborates with Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research to cultivate hybrid millet

Commitment Year•2008Country of Activity•EthiopiaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

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Implementation

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Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2008

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

Government of Hebei Province

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Loan description

Zhangjiakou Academy of Agricultural Sciences collaborates with Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research to cultivate hybrid millet

Narrative

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Project narrative

In 2008, Hebei Province sent a business delegation to Africa, including an agricultural scientist who has developed a high-yielding hybrid millet (高产杂交谷子). The Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture was interested in the hybrid millet. Hebei asked the Zhangjiakou City Academy of Agricultural Research to pursue the cooperation. The Academy sends an agricultural engineer to visit Ethiopia periodically to oversee the tests. The millet was tested for two seasons on 11 smallholder’s plots (600 m2) in a semiarid area about 130 km from Addis Ababa, under the supervision of the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR).