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Implementation of the Malabo Declaration nial reports. T ese are Angola, Botswana,
T e second Biennial Review Report on the Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi,
Implementation of the 2014 Malabo Decla- Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South
ration on Accelerated Agricultural Growth Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. T e average
and Transformation for Shared Prosperity score for the region was at 4.27 against a
and Improved Livelihoods was launched in benchmark score of 6.66 for 2019, indicating
February 2020 by the African Union Com- that the region is not on track in meeting the
mission, with contributions from the SADC CAADP/Malabo commitments.
region, coordinated by the SADC Secre- During the f rst Biennial Review in 2017,
tariat, with technical support from the Re- Southern Africa as a region was on track
gional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge with four commitments out of the seven;
Support System T e report monitors the while for the 2019 Biennial Review, the re-
performance of AU Member States on the gion as a whole is not on track on any of the
seven commitments that have been agreed commitments. At individual Member State
as key to transforming agriculture in Africa. level, the review also shows that no SADC
T ese are: country is on track, which represents a 66.7
❖ Recommitment to the Comprehensive percent decrease from the inaugural Bien-
Africa Agriculture Development Pro- nial Review (2017).
gramme (CAADP) principles; Further analysis of the data from SADC
❖ Enhancing investment and f nancing in indicated that the performance of the region
agriculture; will improve by increasing public expendi-
❖ Ending hunger by 2025; ture to agriculture; increasing the quantity
❖ Halving poverty through agriculture by and quality of investments; increasing access
2025; to agriculture inputs and technologies; en-
❖ Boosting intra-African trade in agricul- hancing investment in resilience building;
ture commodities and services; strengthening agricultural data collection
❖ Enhancing resilience to climate variabil- and management systems; and domesticat-
ity; and
72 ❖ Enhancing mutual accountability for ac- ing the Malabo Declaration and targets into
national agriculture investment plans
tions and results. (NAIPs). All these actions are within the
T e report showed that 12 SADC Mem- SADC RAP – the CAADP Compact of the
ber States reporting under the joint coordi- SADC Region, and operationalized through
nation of SADC and the Common Market the Regional Agricultural Investment Plan
for Eastern and Southern Africa (RAIP) 2017-2022 that is currently under
(COMESA), submitted their second bien- implementation in the region.