Chinese Government funds 2019 Seminar on Rice Cultivation in Cote d'Ivoire
Summary
Funding agency [Type]
China Ministry of Commerce [Government Agency]
Recipient
Cote d'Ivoire
Sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)
Flow type
Free-standing technical assistance
Infrastructure
No
Category
Project lifecycle
Geography
Description
On August 5 2019, the opening ceremony took place in Abidjan for a seminar on rice cultivation technology (Seminaire 2019 sur les Techniques de la Culture du Riz or 水稻技术培训班). The 45-day-long training course was sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, co-run by China's Foreign Economic Cooperation Center under their Ministry of Agriculture and Cote d'Ivoire's National Rice Development Office under their Ministry of Agriculture, and taught by various Chinese experts. About 120 Ivorians active in the agricultural industry participated in the training. China conducted this course in 2018 (#66010), 2017 (project #65997), and 2016 (project #65981).
Number of official sources
6
Number of total sources
7
Details
Cofinanced
No
Direct receiving agencies [Type]
Government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) [Government Agency]
Implementing agencies [Type]
China Ministry of Agriculture [Government Agency]
Government of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) [Government Agency]