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China sponsors cassava and fruit tree cultivation training for Congolese farmers

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

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Jun 16, 2018
Start (actual)
Jun 16, 2018
End (actual)
Jul 12, 2018

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This project was to train farmers from Ngo and officials from the Congolese Ministry of Agriculture on agricultural production and processing techniques. Ngo is a district in the Plateaux Department in the southern part of the Republic of the Congo. More detailed locational information about Ngo can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3043445710#map=13/-2.4857/15.7465. The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (French: Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage) is located in Brazzaville, the administrative capital and largest city in the Republic of the Congo. Brazzaville is located in the Brazzaville Department on the southeast border of the country. More detailed locational information about the Ministry of Agriculture can be found at: https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3291519924#map=18/-4.27614/15.25936.

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 Republic of Congo

Implementing agencies

Miscellaneous Agency Types

  • Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)

Loan desecription

China sponsors cassava and fruit tree cultivation training for Congolese farmers

Narrative

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Project narrative

From June 16 to July 12, 2018, Congolese farmers from Ngo received training on cassava processing and the cultivation of tropical fruit trees from technicians from the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences. The training is organized by the Chinese government within the framework of cooperation in the agricultural sector with the Congo, and the training aims to equip farmers with new techniques allowing them to increase and transform their productions. The financial value of the training is unknown.