Democratic Republic of Congo scores 1.4/10 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
43%
for CAADP Process Completion.
83%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
9.1%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
36%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability and peer review.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
4%
for the quality of multi-sectorial and multistakeholder coordination.
2.4%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
0.5%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
2.3 kg/ha
of fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land lower than the recommended 50 kg/ha.
54%
of required data for the biennial review completed.
Recommendations
- DR Congo should increase its spending in agriculture sector to meet the CAADP target of 10% of national budget.
- The Government should facilitate access of men and women engaged in agriculture to financial and agricultural advisory services as one of the key interventions to enhance investment in the sector.
- The Government should put in place and effectively implement measures to enhance availability and access to fertilizers in order to boost agricultural productivity.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 1.49
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 | 4.34 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 4.29 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 0.40 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 8.33 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 0.57 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 1.09 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.05 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 0.42 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 1.79 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.30 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 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 | 0.63 | 2.06 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.50 | 3.25 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Women participation in Agri-business | 0.00 | 3.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural 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 | 0 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 0.00 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 0.00 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 4.15 | 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 | 3.61 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 8.84 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||