Project ID: 88933

China donates agricultural equipment to Tonga after cyclone

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

People's Government of Dongguan City, Guangdong Province [Government Agency]

Recipient

Tonga

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Grant

Infrastructure

No

Category

Intent

Development (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Commercial

Development

Representational

Mixed

Financial Flow Classification

ODA-like (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Official Development Assistance

Other Official Flows

Vague (Official Finance)

Flows categorized based on OECD-DAC guidelines

Project lifecycle

Status

Completion (The next section lists the possible statuses.)

Pledge

Commitment

Implementation

Completion

Suspended

Cancelled

Milestones

Commitment

2018-05-23

Actual start

2018-05-23

Actual complete

2018-05-23

Geography

Description

On May 23, 2018, Wang Baodong, Chinese Ambassador to Tonga, and Hon. Semisi Fakahau, Minister for Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries signed the Handover Certificate of Donated Agricultural Equipment from Dongguan Municipality, Guandong Province of China to the Kingdom of Tonga. This batch of equipment is aimed to help the agriculture sector recover from the damages caused by Cyclone Gita and improve the livelihood of the Tongan people. The donation included 4 plow tractors and 50 chainsaws, which will help the Tonga Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Forests and Fisheries clear the trees which were uprooted from the cyclone. The monetary value of the donation is unknown.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

3

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Tonga Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries (Tonga [Government Agency]