Zambia scores 3.6/10 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
86%
for CAADP Process Completion.
26.7%
increase of supplied quality agriculture inputs to the total inputs requirements for agriculture commodities.
741%
increase of the size of irrigated areas, from its value of the year 2000.
35 out of 100
as trade facilitation Index (TFI).
56%
for inclusive institutionalized mechanisms for mutual accountability
and peer review.
and peer review.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
8.2%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
-3.4%
annual growth of the agriculture value added (agricultural GDP).
47.8%
of the population is undernourished.
40.0%
prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
27.4%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial services.
Recommendations
- Zambia 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 seriously invest in nutrition interventions to reduce undernourishment and the prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years old.
- The country should put in place policies that would facilitate and promote intra-regional African trade in agricultural commodities and services.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 3.33
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 | 7.19 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 8.57 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 5.04 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 7.95 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 6.08 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 9.42 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 2.74 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.32 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 0.27 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Strengthening Social Protection | 5.58 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 4 | Improving Food security and Nutrition | 0.02 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 5.74 | 5.53 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 0.18 | 2.06 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty Reduction | 0.72 | 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 | 0.88 | 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 | 1.76 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 3.43 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 0.14 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.71 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 5.11 | 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 | 5.56 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.77 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||