Chinese Government provides grant for Poilão Post-Harvest Center Construction Project

In 2015, China’s Ministry of Commerce provided a grant to the Government of Cape Verde for the Poilão Post-Harvest Center Construction Project. The monetary value of this grant is unknown.

This project involved the construction of a post-harvest center (or agricultural products processing center) — with a fruit cleaning and packaging workshop, cold storage warehouse, processing machinery, and power generation equipment — near the Poilão Dam in the São Lourenço dos Órgãos municipality on the Island of Santiago.

The center provides cleaning, selection, calibration, packaging classification, refrigeration conservation services, as well as technical assistance and information. Loan applications and disbursements are still being received and processed as the projects continue to evolve. Ongoing monitoring and evaluation are in place to ensure project continuity.