Congo scores 2.8/10 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
100%
for CAADP Process Completion.
70%
of farm, pastoral, and fisher households are resilient to climate and weather related shocks.
10.7%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
100%
official development assistance (ODA) disbursed to agriculture, against ODA commitments.
117%
increase of the size of irrigated areas, from its value of the year 2000.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
1.6%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
2.9%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
21.3%
prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
3.5%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
0.4%
of rural women have access to productive assets in agriculture (empowered).
Recommendations
- Congo should increase its spending in agriculture sector to meet the CAADP Malabo target of 10%, and enhance farmers' access to financial services to spur agricultural transformation.
- The country should increase and sustain its funding allocation to agricultural research and development as one of the strategies to enhance productivity.
- The country should invest in nutrition interventions to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 2.6
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 | 8.52 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 10.00 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 8.09 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 7.48 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 2.89 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 5.49 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.29 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 0.63 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 3.17 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 0.00 | 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 | 1.02 | 2.06 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.71 | 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 | 1.15 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
4 | Women participation in Agri-business | 0.20 | 3.00 | Not on Track | |||||
5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 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 | 2.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 2.5 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 5.00 | 2.00 | On Track | |||||
2 | Investment in resilience building | 0.00 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 3.04 | 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 | 9.11 | 10.00 | Not on Track |