Overview

Chinese Government provides 27.52M RMB grant - through April 2018 ETCA - for phase III of the Philippine-Sino Center for Agriculture Technology Technical Cooperation Program (linked to Record ID#s #38626, #63877, #63254, #64984, #64983, #63651, #63843)

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$4,187,162

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•PhilippinesDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PhilippinesSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Apr 10, 2018

Start (planned): Apr 10, 2018

Start (actual): Apr 10, 2018

End (actual): Mar 25, 2022

Geospatial footprint

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This project was undertaken at the Philippine-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology (PhilSCAT) on the campus of Central Luzon State University (CLSU) in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/668186297.

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

China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

Government of the Philippines

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Philippines-Sino Center for Agricultural Technology

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Central Luzon State University

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides 27.52M RMB grant - through April 2018 ETCA - for phase III of the Philippine-Sino Center for Agriculture Technology Technical Cooperation Program (linked to Record ID#s #38626, #63877, #63254, #64984, #64983, #63651, #63843)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On April 10, 2018, the Chinese and Philippine governments signed an Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (ETCA) that involves a 500-million yuan grant, RMB 27.52 million of which was allocated for phase III of the Philippine-Sino Center for Agriculture Technology Technical Cooperation Program of the Department of Agriculture. The agreement will be implemented by the Department of Agriculture and it will upgrade the Philippine Sino Center for Agricultural Technology’s (PhilSCAT) hybrid rice technology research and demonstration center into a modern hybrid rice breeding station and technology demonstration center. On March 25, 2022, the completion ceremony of the third phase of the technical cooperation project was held at the China-Philippines Agricultural Technology Center in Nueva Ecija, Central Luzon. This project is linked to the 500M RMB grant (recorded in Record ID#63254), as well as the projects funded through the ETCA; the Binondo-Intramuros and Estrella Pantaleon bridges in Metro Manila (recorded in projects #64983 and #64984, respectively), a feasibility study for the Davao City Expressway Project (recorded in Record ID#63651), and radio and broadcasting equipment of the Presidential Communications Operations Office (recorded in Record ID#63843). This project is also linked to Record ID#34702, the construction of PhilSCAT; as well as phases I and II of the Technical Cooperation Program (recorded in projects #38626 and 63877, respectively).