Project ID: 95634

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

Summary

Funding agency [Type]

Unspecified Chinese Government Institution [Government Agency]

Recipient

Pakistan

Sector

Agriculture, forestry, fishing (Code: 310)

Flow type

Free-standing technical assistance

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

2020-02-18

Actual start

2020-02-18

Actual complete

2020-03-04

Description

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.

Number of official sources

2

Number of total sources

5

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Details

Cofinanced

No

Direct receiving agencies [Type]

Government of Pakistan [Government Agency]