Ghana scores 3.9/10 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
57%
for CAADP Process Completion.
87%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
94.0%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability and peer review.
5%
of the population is undernourished.
5%
prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years old.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
6.0%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
3.6%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
-4.6%
increase of the value of intra-Africa trade of agricultural commodities and services.
1.1%
increase of agricultural value added per agricultural worker.
0.04%
of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
Recommendations
- Ghana should increase the share of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices from the current low level of 0.04 percent.
- Similarly, the country should increase public agriculture expenditure as share of total public expenditure to the Malabo Declaration target of 10 percent.
- The country should put in place policies that would facilitate and promote intraregional African trade in agricultural commodities and services.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 3.81
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 | 6.86 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 5.71 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 6.15 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 8.73 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 4.33 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 8.65 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 1.99 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 5.90 | 5.53 | On Track | |||||
2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.72 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 3.33 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
5 | Strengthening Social Protection | 0.00 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 3.02 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.07 | 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 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
4 | Women participation in Agri-business | 0.00 | 3.00 | Not on Track | |||||
5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 1.11 | 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 | 2.22 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 3.59 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 0.04 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
2 | Investment in resilience building | 7.13 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 6.45 | 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 | 9.44 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.91 | 10.00 | Not on Track |