Overview

China sends expert team to Pakistan to help eradicate locusts in February 2020

Commitment Year•2020Country of Activity•PakistanDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•PakistanSector•Agriculture, Forestry, FishingFlow Type•Free-standing technical assistance

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date: Feb 18, 2020

Start (actual): Feb 18, 2020

End (actual): Mar 4, 2020

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 Pakistan

Loan description

China sends expert team to Pakistan to help eradicate locusts in February 2020

Narrative

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Project narrative

On February 24, 2020, the Chinese government dispatched an agricultural expert team to Pakistan to help fight the plague of desert locusts that was affecting the country. The team's mission included conducting field surveys to help Pakistan develop a response to the locust swarms, setting up an emergency assistance program, and developing a system to prevent and control locust attacks, as well as establishing long-term cooperation on locust control with Pakistan. The team was first announced on February 20, 2020, by the Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan, Yao Jing. The team returned to Beijing on March 4, 2020. This team was 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 #95445 and #95407 for more.