The Gambia scores 3.1/10 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
71%
for CAADP Process Completion.
59.5%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding
human resources.
human resources.
66%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
41 out of 100
as trade facilitation Index (TFI).
2.7%
for domestic food price volatility.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
5.1%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
-4.0%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural
GDP).
GDP).
12.6%
official development assistance (ODA) disbursed to agriculture, against ODA commitments.
0.04kg/ha
of fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land lower than the
recommended 50 kg/ha.
recommended 50 kg/ha.
7%
of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
Recommendations
- Gambia should enhance efforts aimed at boosting fertilizer use to improve productivity of national priority agricultural commodities and enhance food security.
- The country should increase and sustain its spending in the agriculture sector in order to meet the CAADP target of 10% of the national budget.
- The country should increase the area under sustainable land management practices to strengthen resilience to climate related risks.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 2.92
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 | 4.61 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 5.95 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 1.76 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 3.51 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 1.16 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 0.68 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 4.89 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.23 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Strengthening Social Protection | 0.00 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 2.5 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 0.00 | 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 | 10.00 | 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 | 3.52 | 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 | 7.03 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 3.92 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 1.17 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 3.17 | 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 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.50 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Fostering Peer Review and Mutual Accountability | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||