Malawi scores 4.9/10 and is 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.
42%
for the quality of multi-sectorial and multistakeholder coordination.
17.6%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
29.7%
of youth engaged in new job opportunities in agriculture value chains.
5
agricultural commodity value chains for which a PPP is established
with strong linkage to smallholder agriculture.
with strong linkage to smallholder agriculture.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
-5.2%
increase of agricultural value added per agricultural worker.
-2.3%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
67%
response to spending needs on resilience building initiatives, from the government budget.
-5.5%
increase of agricultural value added per arable land.
-14.9%
increase of the value of intra-Africa trade of agricultural commodities and services.
Recommendations
- Malawi should strengthen investments to reverse the declining growth in agriculture value added per worker and as a share of arable land.
- The country should provide for all budget required to enhance resilience to climate related risks in the agriculture sector.
- 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: 4.83
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 | 7.2 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 10.00 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 4.24 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 7.35 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 4.92 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 9.84 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.09 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 3.90 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.75 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 4.11 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 0.00 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 1.67 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 4.98 | 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 | 10.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 9.92 | 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 | 1.36 | 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 | 2.72 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 4.65 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 2.62 | 2.00 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.68 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 9.24 | 4.78 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Increasing country capacity for evidence based planning, impl. and M&E | 8.08 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Fostering Peer Review and Mutual Accountability | 10.00 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.65 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||