On July 13, 2010, H. E. Chen Jinghua, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Jamaica, officially hands over a batch of agricultural machinery, equipment and irrigation infrastructure goods donated by the Chinese Government to the Jamaican Government. The equipment, which includes tractors, rice harvesters, dryer machine, electric water pumps, trucks, diesel generators, plows, disk harrows, sprayers, rice seedling machine and brush cutters, was received by Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, and will be used for the resuscitation of the rice industry in Jamaica.
Chinese Ambassador Chen Jinghua and Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton sign on the Certificate of Handing-over for the donation of agricultural machinery and equipment by the Chinese Government to the Jamaican Government.
Ambassador Chen Jinghua hands over the keys to the agricultural machinery to the Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton.
Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, thanks for the donation of agricultural machinery and equipment by the Chinese Government at the handing over ceremony. Looking on is H. E. Chen Jinghua, Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica.
Tractors and light trucks donated by the Chinese Government
Plows, tow trucks and disk harrows donated by the Chinese Government.
Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton operates a rice combine harvester donated by the Chinese Government.
Chinese Ambassador Chen Jinghua and Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton sign on the Certificate of Handing-over for the donation of agricultural machinery and equipment by the Chinese Government to the Jamaican Government.
Ambassador Chen Jinghua hands over the keys to the agricultural machinery to the Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton.
Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, thanks for the donation of agricultural machinery and equipment by the Chinese Government at the handing over ceremony. Looking on is H. E. Chen Jinghua, Chinese Ambassador to Jamaica.
Tractors and light trucks donated by the Chinese Government
Plows, tow trucks and disk harrows donated by the Chinese Government.
Jamaican Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Dr. Christopher Tufton operates a rice combine harvester donated by the Chinese Government.