China-aided Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project in Dominica [linked to Record ID#39815 & #56170 & #56173 & #56179 & #56183 & #56191 & #56272 & #72666, #98408]

According to the Agreement between the government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project has been implemented since 2005, with each period of the project for two years.

The content of the project includes: The Chinese government sends an Agricultural Technical Team to Dominica, build up a demonstration center with necessary facilities (#39815) and conduct introducing experiments and demonstration, as well as extension services and training of new variety and technology.

The technical team works together with the Ministry of Agriculture to serve all farmers in Dominica. The period of Phase Six is from September 2015 to September 2017.

Since the implementation of Phase Six, more than 30 crop varieties have been successfully introduced by the Chinese Agricultural Team, such as zucchini, color peppers, purple sweet potato, purple lettuce, etc.

Over 210,000 high-quality seedlings were propagated and 190,000 of them were distributed. 175 agricultural extension visits were conducted and 2,566 farmer and students have benefited.

And over 100 agricultural materials and tools distribution activities were conducted, which including greenhouse plastics, mulch, fly nets, and saran nettings, etc. Phase 6 appears to have been completed around the estimated completion date of September 2017.

Phase 7 of the China-Aided Dominica Agricultural Technical Cooperation Project is captured in Record ID#72666 and Phase 8 is captured in Record ID#98408.