Project ID: 67793

China sends 22 agricultural experts to Sierra Leone through FAO Tripartite Agreement (Linked to Umbrella Projects #87769, #30005)

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Agriculture [Government Agency]

Recipient

Sierra Leone

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2011-01-01

Description

On 11 July 2006, the Government of Sierra Leone, the China Government and UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) signed a tripartite agreement for the implementation of the "Special Programme for Food Security in Sierra Leone under the South-South Cooperation Agreement" (see Umbrella Project #30005). This project is likely funded by the China-FAO Trust Fund (see Umbrella Project #87769). As part of these agreements, in 2011, 22 Chinese agricultural experts and technicians were sent to Sierra Leone. Areas of activities and applied technologies are paddy rice plantation, vegetable/crop production, aquaculture, livestock, agro-forestry, and irrigation.

Number of official sources

5

Number of total sources

6

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

FAO-China South-South Cooperation Trust Fund [State-owned Fund]

Indirect receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Sierra Leone [Government Agency]

Implementing agencies [Type]

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [Intergovernmental Organization]