Overview

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) provides agricultural training to Rwanda

Commitment Year•2018Country of Activity•RwandaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•RwandaSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Scholarships/training in the donor country

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Jan 1, 2018

Start (actual): Dec 9, 2018

End (actual): Dec 23, 2018

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The project provided training at the Rwanda Agricultural Board's Rubona Research Station in Huye District, Rwanda. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/677884283 and https://www.google.com/maps/place/Rwanda+Agricultural+Board,+Rubona+Research+Station/@-2.4820831,29.7642382,861m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x19c313b5579eee9d:0x649ce2ecd2d4d768!8m2!3d-2.4820831!4d29.7664269

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 Rwanda

Implementing agencies

Government Agencies

Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board

Miscellaneous Agency Types

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)

Loan desecription

Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) provides agricultural training to Rwanda

Narrative

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Project narrative

Around December 9, 2018, the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS) in partnership with the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) provided training on modern farming technologies to district agronomists, Farmer Field School (FFS) facilitators, and other agriculture field staff. The 2-week training course on cultivation and processing technologies of tropical crops, including cassava cultivation and processing, bananas, mushrooms, maize, rice and related processing technologies, took place at Rubona Research Station of the Rwanda Agriculture Board in Huye District, Rwanda. On December 23, 2018, a closing ceremony was held for the training. During the closing, the Director-General of RAB said they recently signed a memorandum of understanding with China for sharing experiences, knowledge and technologies so as to improve agricultural yields, enhancing value addition and other technologies needed in handling post-harvest losses. The goal of the exchange is to reduce post-harvest loss from 16% to 5% by 2024.