Project ID: 59727

China donates 3,200 tons of rice for school canteen project in Benin

Commitment amount

$ 5330892.051342313

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 5330892.05

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Benin

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

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

2016-01-01

Description

In 2016, China, Benin, and the World Food Program launched the "school canteen" project (also known as "学校食堂"). According to "彭惊涛大使赴贝宁塞奥—龚吉村小学考察粮援项目," through June 2019, over 3,200 tons of rice (worth 30 million RMB) had been donated. As of November, 2019, the program was serving 51% of primary and middle school children in Benin and 1,750 different schools. Both the World Food Administration and the Benin Ministry of Planning and Development helped in distributing the lunches.

Number of official sources

4

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) [Intergovernmental Organization]

Government of Benin [Government Agency]

Benin Ministry of Planning and Development [Government Agency]