Sao Tome principe scores 1.5/10 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.
15.9%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
83%
increase of the size of irrigated areas, from its value of the year 2000.
56%
of farmers having access to agriculture advisory services.
15.9%
increase of agricultural value added per arable land.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
8.5%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
0.10%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
0.05%
of total agricultural research spending as a share of agriculture GDP
20%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
48%
of required data for the biennial review completed.
Recommendations
- Sao Tomé & Principe should increase public expenditure in agriculture to meet the CAADP Malabo target of 10%, and enhance access to agricultural financial services by men and women engaged in agriculture.
- The country should increase funding on agricultural research and establish evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources that support planning and implementation to deliver on the Malabo commitments.
- The country should also strengthen agriculture data collection and management systems to ensure that required missing indicators are reported in the next round of the Biennial Review Reporting.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 1.46
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 | 2.1 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 4.29 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 2.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 4.26 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 8.50 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.01 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 0.92 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 4.08 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.53 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2.9 | 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 | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 8.70 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||