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CTEXIC funds Chinese aid cotton project team to train 54 Benin farmers in high-yield cotton agriculture

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•BeninDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•BeninSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Jun 23, 2018
End (actual)
Jun 23, 2018

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This project was to train 54 Benin farmers in high-yield cotton agriculture. The 54 participants came from 12 different villages in the Borgou Department on the eastern border of Benin. More detailed locational information about the Borgou Department can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/2803880#map=9/9.6985/2.8005.

Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Textile Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic & Technical Cooperation (CTEXIC)

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Benin

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Textile Industrial Corporation for Foreign Economic & Technical Cooperation (CTEXIC)

Loan description

CTEXIC funds Chinese aid cotton project team to train 54 Benin farmers in high-yield cotton agriculture

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 23rd, 2018, the Chinese aid cotton project team completed trainings on cotton agriculture at the Benin Cotton Research Center. The 54 participants came from 12 different villages in the Borgou Department, Benin. The Chinese agricultural experts taught field management theory and completed on-site trainings. They covered chemical adjustments, pest control, seeding, and other components of high-yield agriculture. China Hi-Tech Group (中国恒天集团)'s subsidiary CTEXIC (China Textile Industry Foreign Economy Technology Cooperation Company, or 中纺对外集团) funded this project.

Staff comments

It is unclear whether this Cotton Research Center is the same as the Chinese Agricultural Demonstration Center. The Chinese project title is 中国援建贝宁棉花种植项目