Burkina Faso scores 4.2/10 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
10.5%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
72.8%
of rural women have access to productive assets in agriculture (empowered).
7.6%
prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years old.
38 out of 100
as trade facilitation Index (TFI).
69%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability and peer review.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
0.8%
of total agricultural research spending as a share of agriculture GDP.
0.7%
increase of agricultural value added per arable land.
7.7%
of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
1.9%
increase of the value of intra-Africa trade of agricultural commodities and services.
66.7%
response to spending needs on resilience building initiatives, from the government budget.
Recommendations
- Burkina Faso should increase the area under sustainable land management practice to strengthen resilience to climate related risks.
- The country should increase and sustain its funding allocation to agricultural research and development as one of the strategies to enhance productivity, and allocate budget to fully response to spending needs on social protection for vulnerable social groups.
- The country should put in place policies that would facilitate and promote intra-regional African trade in agricultural commodities and services.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 3.94
2017 Country Scorecard for implementing Malabo Declaration
Malabo Commitments Areas (T) | Commitments Categories (C) | ||||||||
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No. | Item | Score | Mimimum Score | progress | No. | Item | Score | Mimimum Score | progress |
1 | Re-committing to CAADP Process | 5.63 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 4.29 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 6.49 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 6.11 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 3.92 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.37 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 7.46 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.27 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 5.57 | 5.53 | On Track | |||||
2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 3.40 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 2.40 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 3.16 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.65 | 3.25 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Women participation in Agri-business | 10.00 | 3.00 | On Track | |||||
5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 3.51 | 1 | On Track | |||||
1 | Tripling Intra-African Trade for agriculture commodities and services | 0.11 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Establishing Intra-African Trade Policies and institutional conditions | 6.90 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 5.23 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 3.78 | 2.00 | On Track | |||||
2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 5.55 | 4.78 | On Track | |||||
1 | Increasing country capacity for evidence based planning, impl. and M&E | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Fostering Peer Review and Mutual Accountability | 6.94 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.70 | 10.00 | Not on Track |