Cape Verde scores 4.6/10 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
71%
for CAADP Process Completion.
19.0%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
83.3%
increase of the size of irrigated areas, from its value of the year 2000.
53%
of farm, pastoral, and fisher households are resilient to climate and weather related shocks.
67%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability and peer review.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
7.3%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
-12%
increase of supplied quality agriculture inputs to the total inputs requirements for agriculture commodities.
26 kg/ha
of fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land lower than the recommended 50 kg/ha.
28.2%
of farmers having access to agriculture advisory services.
14.4%
response to spending needs on social protection for vulnerable social groups, from the government budget.
Recommendations
- Cape Verde should increase its public expenditure into agriculture to further boost the sector development in line with the CAADP target of 10% of national budget, and allocate budget to fully response to spending needs on social protection for vulnerable social groups.
- The country should put in place and effectively implement measures to improve availability and access to fertilizers in order to enhance agricultural productivity.
- The country should enhance farmers' access to financial and agricultural advisory services in order to spur agricultural transformation.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 4.21
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 | 5.9 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 7.14 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 7.02 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 3.55 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 3.71 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 7.41 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 1.28 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 4.96 | 5.53 | Not 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 | 1.44 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 4.38 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 1.19 | 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 | 6.33 | 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 | 4.1 | 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 | 8.20 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 7.5 | 6 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 8.33 | 2.00 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 5.36 | 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 | 6.67 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.41 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||