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China donates 2000 tons of rice to Somalia in 2019 (Linked to Record ID#88282)

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•SomaliaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•SomaliaSector•Developmental Food Aid/food Security AssistanceFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
Start (actual)
Jun 12, 2019
End (actual)
Jun 12, 2019

Geospatial footprint

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The handover ceremony of food aid was held in Mogadishu. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/34684808.

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

  • Unspecified Chinese Government Institution

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Somalia

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

  • Somali Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

Loan description

China donates 2000 tons of rice to Somalia in 2019 (Linked to Record ID#88282)

Narrative

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Project narrative

On June 12, 2019, the handover ceremony of food aid provided by the Chinese government to Somalia was held in Mogadishu. The rice was shipped on April 15th, 2019, from the World Food Programme's China Office in Shanghai. This is a part of the food aid program announced in 2018 (captured in ##88282). Ambassador Qin Jian, Somalia, Somalia’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hamza, Minister of Agriculture, Id, WFP Acting Representative in Somalia, Big Nimara, Somalia, Puntland State Department of Environment, Agriculture and Climate Change Minister Jamadid and representatives from the capital Mogadishu and Benadir District and the National Agricultural Federation attended the meeting.

Staff comments

This is part of the food aid program announced in 2018 (captured in ##88282).