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China donates one tractor to the rice project in Tchibanga City, Gabon

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•GabonDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•GabonSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2018
Start (actual)
Dec 6, 2018
End (actual)
Dec 6, 2018

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This project was to donate one tractor to the rice project in Tchibanga, Gabon. Tchibanga is the capital city of the Nyanga province in southern Gabon. More detailed locational information about Tchibanga can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/2035490237#map=13/-2.9123/10.9954.

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 Gabon

Loan description

China donates one tractor to the rice project in Tchibanga City, Gabon

Narrative

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Project narrative

On December 6, 2018, Ambassador Hu Changchun in Gabon attended the ceremony of donation of a tractor to the rice project in Tchibanga City, Nyanga Province, Gabon. Lekat, the governor of Nyanga Province, led local officials, the president of the African Management University, representatives of the school’s teachers and students, and the head of the local agricultural cooperative. Before the donation ceremony, Ambassador Hu, accompanied by the Gabonian side, inspected the rice planting situation and had a cordial exchange with the members of the cooperative to learn more about the rice output and the main problems faced.

Staff comments

Source ID (#146964) "COOPÉRATION GABON-CHINE : L'AMBASSADE DE CHINE EN SOUTIEN À LA PRODUCTION DE RIZ ET LA PÊCHE DANS LA NYANGA" explicitly states the donation was of one tractor, while the Chinese sources imply the donation was of multiple tractors.