Central African Republic scores 2.4/10 and is not on track in implementing the Malabo Declaration on Agriculture transformation in Africa.
Highlights of the 5 key areas of strong performance of the country
48.6%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
100%
official development assistance (ODA) disbursed to agriculture, against ODA commitments.
65.5%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
21.8%
of rural women have access to productive assets in agriculture (empowered).
12.4%
increase of agricultural value added per arable land.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
3.2%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
0.0%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
0.2%
of total agricultural research spending as a share of agriculture GDP.
0.16 kg/ha
of fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land lower than the recommended 50 kg/ha.
28%
for CAADP Process Completion.
Recommendations
- Central Africa Republic should enhance accessibility to financial services for men and women engaged in agriculture in order to increase investment in the sector.
- The country should increase funding to the agricultural sector in general to meet the CAADP Malabo target of 10% , and to research and development activities in particular, in order to enhance productivity.
- The country should put in place and effectively implement measures to increase the availability and accessibility of fertilizers to enhance agricultural productivity.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 2.44
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 | 2.82 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 2.86 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 0.75 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 4.86 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 2.37 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 4.73 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 0.43 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 0.69 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.82 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 0.66 | 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 | 5.63 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.50 | 3.25 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 10.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Women participation in Agri-business | 10.00 | 3.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 0 | 1 | Not 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 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 3.34 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 0.00 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 2.25 | 4.78 | Not 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 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 6.76 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||