Project ID: 62532

China donates 6300 tons of rice to Sierra Leone

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

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

2017-01-01

Actual start

2017-07-12

Actual complete

2017-07-12

Description

On 12 July 2017, the first batch of 6,300 tons of rice was delivered to Sierra Leone. The first batch was 2,750 tons of rice and the handover certificate was signed by Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma and Wu Peng, Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone in Freetown. According to the Economic and Commercial Counsellor's Office, the second and the third batches will arrive in November 2017 and January 2018, respectively.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Implementing agencies [Type]

Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry [Government Agency]