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Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Huila Province partner to create Center for Research and Training in Biogas in Lubango and train farmers

Commitment Year•2019Country of Activity•AngolaDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•AngolaSector•EnergyFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Dec 11, 2019
Start (actual)
Dec 11, 2019
End (actual)
Dec 11, 2019

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The project established the Center for Research and Training in Biogas on the campus of Mandume Ya Ndemufayo University in Lubango, Angola. More detailed locational information can be found at https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/11220188

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

  • China Ministry of Agriculture

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Government of Angola

Implementing agencies

Intergovernmental Organizations

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

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Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Huila Province partner to create Center for Research and Training in Biogas in Lubango and train farmers

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On December 11, 2019, an agreement was signed between China and Angola, which provides for the creation of the Center for Research and Training in Biogas in a partnership between the Biogas Institute of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (BIOMA) and Universidade Mandume ya Ndemufayo at the Universidade Mandume ya Ndemufayo in Lubango, Angola. Its campus is located at ISPH-UMN, in the city of Lubango, the regional capital of Huila, in the southern part of Angola. The new center will enable the implementation of joint (China-Angola) research projects and technological innovation in the field of biogas as well as the exchange of personnel for training and research. On the same day, the center was officially established. The new institute should thus train Angolans, especially those living in the rural areas of the Huila region. In this part of the country, which is partly mountainous, the land is fertile and the people in rural areas are mainly engaged in agriculture. They produce cereals, vegetables, legumes, fruits and roots. The new Biogas Research and Training Centre is supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).