Project ID: 95445

China provides drones to Pakistan for fight against locust infestation (Iinked to #95407 and #95634)

Commitment amount

$ 108446.49153616771

Adjusted commitment amount

$ 108446.49

Constant 2021 USD

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

China Ministry of Agriculture [Government Agency]

Recipient

Pakistan

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

2020-07-23

Actual start

2020-07-23

Actual complete

2020-07-23

Description

On July 23, 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs donated 12 DJI Agras T16 drones to the Embassy of Pakistan in Beijing. At the handover ceremony were Ahmed Farooq, Charge d’ Affaires of the Embassy, Ms. Ma Hongtao, Counsel, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China, and Yasha Chen, Head of SZ DJI Technology Co., Ltd. The drones were to go towards Pakistan's efforts to eradicate desert locusts. The drones were valued at RMB 670,000. This donation is part of a series of efforts made by the Chinese government to help fight a severe locust infestation that affected Pakistan in 2020. See projects #95407 and #95634 for more.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

4

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Pakistan Ministry of National Food Security and Research [Government Agency]