Mauritania scores 4.8/10 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
71%
for CAADP Process Completion.
53%
for evidence-based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding
human resources.
human resources.
13.0%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
3.9%
of the population is undernourished.
62 out of 100
as trade facilitation Index (TFI).
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
4.4%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
31kg/ha
of fertilizer consumption per hectare of arable land lower than the
recommended 50 kg/ha.
recommended 50 kg/ha.
-9.9%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
2.9%
of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
0.4%
of total agricultural research spending as a share of agriculture GDP.
Recommendations
- Mauritania should put in place strategies and measures to increase access to financial services for men and women engaged in agriculture.
- The country should increase access to agricultural advisory services, and invest more agricultural research and development activities.
- The country should increase fertilizer consumption (kilogram of nutrients per hectare of arable land), as well as the share of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 4.81
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 | 7.02 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 7.14 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 6.79 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 7.13 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 3.35 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 6.26 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.44 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.89 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 5.55 | 5.53 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.16 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 1.58 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 3.18 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 3.98 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 6.79 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 0.00 | 3.25 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 10.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Women participation in Agri-business | 9.17 | 3.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity value chains | 8.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 4.45 | 1 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Tripling Intra-African Trade for agriculture commodities and services | 0.80 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing Intra-African Trade Policies and institutional conditions | 8.10 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 4.15 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 1.21 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 7.08 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 4.8 | 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 | 5.28 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.11 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||