Botswana scores 4.4/10 and is on track in implementing the Malabo Declaration on Agriculture transformation in Africa.
Highlights of the 5 key areas of strong performance of the country
100%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
100%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability and peer review.
3.6%
prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years old.
14.2%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
7
agricultural commodity value chains for which a PPP is established with strong linkage to smallholder agriculture.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
3%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
0%
increase of agricultural value added per agricultural worker.
-1.0%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
66.7%
response to spending needs on resilience building initiatives, from the government budget.
81%
response to spending needs on social protection for vulnerable social groups, from the government budget.
Recommendations
- Botswana should increase its public expenditure into agriculture to further boost the sector development in line with the CAADP target of 10% of national budget.
- The country should increase government spending sufficiently to cater for resilience building initiatives.
- The country should ensure the yearly 100% budget allocation to the social protection requirements for the vulnerable social groups.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 4.18
2017 Country Scorecard for implementing Malabo Declaration
| Malabo Commitments Areas (T) | Commitments Categories (C) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Item | Score | Mimimum Score | progress | No. | Item | Score | Mimimum Score | progress |
| 1 | Re-committing to CAADP Process | 5.4 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 6.20 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 10.00 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 3.4 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 6.79 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.37 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 2.03 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.06 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 8.10 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 1.67 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 3.68 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 0.00 | 3.25 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains | 10.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 4.73 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Women participation in Agri-business | 0.00 | 3.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 4.68 | 1 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Tripling Intra-African Trade for agriculture commodities and services | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing Intra-African Trade Policies and institutional conditions | 9.36 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 4.61 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 2.54 | 2.00 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 6.52 | 4.78 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.56 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Fostering Peer Review and Mutual Accountability | 10.00 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Increasing country capacity for evidence based planning, impl. and M&E | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||