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Chinese Embassy in Abuja sponsors agricultural training for 40 Nigerian government officials

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•NigeriaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NigeriaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jan 1, 2019
Start (actual)
Sep 23, 2019
End (actual)
Sep 28, 2019

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The project provided the Agricultural Technical Training seminar in Abuja, Nigeria. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/31203257

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

  • Chinese Embassy

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Nigeria

Implementing agencies

State-owned companies

  • China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC)

Loan description

Chinese Embassy in Abuja sponsors agricultural training for 40 Nigerian government officials

Narrative

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Project narrative

On September 23, 2019, the Agricultural Technical Training seminar - organized by Green Agriculture West Africa Limited (a subsidiary of China Geo-Engineering Corporation (CGC)) and sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Abuja - commenced. 40 Nigerian government officials were trained on rice breeding, rice seedling production, machinery operation, and pest control. The training seminar ran until September 28, 2019. This was a follow-up training to one that had been held several years prior.