South Africa scores 4.1/10 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
12%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
66%
for evidence based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding human resources.
1.6%
of total agricultural research spending as a share of agriculture GDP.
52 out of 100
as trade facilitation Index (TFI).
8
agricultural commodity value chains for which a PPP is established with strong linkage to smallholder agriculture.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
1.2%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
-88.4%
increase of agricultural value added per agricultural worker.
-19.8%
increase of the value of intra- Africa trade of agricultural commodities and services.
32.3%
prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
10.2%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
Recommendations
- South Africa should increase public expenditure in agriculture to meet the CAADP Malabo target of 10%, enhance access to agriculture inputs and technologies (such as investments in irrigation for smallholder farmers), and to agricultural financial services by men and women engaged in agriculture.
- The country should enhance resilience building strategies to climate related risks, and improve on nutrition interventions to reduce the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
- The country should also put in place policies that would facilitate and promote intraregional African trade in agricultural commodities and services.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 4.06
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 | 3.52 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 0.00 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 3.94 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 6.62 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 2.46 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 3.90 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 1.02 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 3.02 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 3.02 | 5.53 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.40 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Strengthening Social Protection | 10.00 | 10.00 | On Track | |||||
| 5 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 1.67 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 3.3 | 2.06 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 2.50 | 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 | 0.70 | 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 | 3.79 | 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 | 7.58 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 3.35 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 0.03 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 9.09 | 4.78 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Increasing country capacity for evidence based planning, impl. and M&E | 10.00 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Fostering Peer Review and Mutual Accountability | 7.50 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.76 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||