Namibia 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
67%
for the quality of multi-sectorial and multistakeholder coordination.
63%
for evidence-based policies, supportive institutions and corresponding
human resources.
human resources.
132%
increase of the size of irrigated areas, from its value of the year 2000.
76%
of rural women have access to productive assets in agriculture (empowered).
3.3%
for domestic food price volatility.
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention
4.6%
of public agriculture expenditure as a share of total public expenditure.
1.2%
of men and women engaged in agriculture having access to financial
services.
services.
-22.4%
increase of the value of intra-Africa trade of agricultural commodities and services.
8.1%
of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
0.0%
response to spending needs on social protection for vulnerable social
groups, from the government budget.
groups, from the government budget.
Recommendations
- Namibia should increase public investment in agriculture and ensure access to financial services by men and women engaged in agriculture.
- The country should ensure the creation of budget lines on social protection as a percentage of the total resource requirements for coverage of the vulnerable social groups.
- The country should also increase the share of agriculture land under sustainable land management practices.
COUNTRY SCORECARD
Overall country score: 3.94
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 | 4.79 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 1 | Completing National CAADP Process | 1.43 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Establishing CAADP based Cooperation, Partnership & Alliance | 6.70 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Establishing CAADP based Policy & Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support | 6.25 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture | 4.16 | 6.67 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Public Expenditure in Agriculture | 8.20 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Enhancing access to finance | 0.12 | 3.33 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Ending Hunger by 2025 | 2.65 | 3.71 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Access to Agriculture inputs and technologies | 6.73 | 5.53 | On Track | |||||
| 2 | Doubling agricultural Productivity | 4.21 | 1.00 | 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 | 2.32 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Halving Poverty through Agriculture by 2025 | 3.13 | 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 | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 3 | Women participation in Agri-business | 10.00 | 3.00 | On Track | |||||
| 4 | Creating job for Youth in agricultural value chains | 0.00 | 1.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 5 | Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agriculture Commodities | 3.87 | 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 | 7.73 | 1.00 | On Track | |||||
| 6 | Enhancing Resilience to Climate Variability | 4.01 | 6 | Not on Track | |||||
| 1 | Ensuring Resilience to climate related risks | 1.35 | 2.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 2 | Investment in resilience building | 6.67 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||
| 7 | Mutual Accountability for Actions and Results | 6.16 | 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 | 8.89 | 3.33 | On Track | |||||
| 3 | Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review Process | 9.58 | 10.00 | Not on Track | |||||