In the 2017 BR Report, 22 performance categories and 43 indicators were defined for the seven thematic areas of performance to evaluate country performance in achieving agricultural growth and transformation goals in Africa. Of the 55-member states, 47 submitted their validated national reports to their respective Regional Economic Communities (RECs), including five EAC partner states: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. The final scorecard was prepared by the AUC and NPCA, with support from the RECs and technical partners.

The objective of this brief is to analyze Eswatini’s performance and discuss lessons from the implementation of the inaugural CAADP BR mechanism. Based on the results, recommendations are proposed for strengthening mutual accountability and performance of the agriculture sector in Eswatini. The analysis is based on results of the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS) that was presented to African Heads of State and Government in January 2018. Additional information for the analysis came from technical notes in Eswatini’s BR report.

En mars 2017, s’est tenue à Abidjan une rencontre de présentation du processus et de validation de la feuille de route continentale pour l’élaboration du rapport biennal. À la suite de sa participation, le Burkina Faso a engagé ce processus à son niveau à travers la définition d’une feuille de route nationale conformément aux recommandations de celle continentale. Le processus a été conduit par une équipe nationale regroupant les différentes parties prenantes.

Le premier processus d’évaluation de la mise en oeuvre de la Déclaration de Malabo sur la croissance et la transformation accélérées de l’agriculture pour une prospérité partagée et de meilleures conditions de vie du Bénin a connu quelques difficultés dans la mobilisation et dans l’analyse des données. En effet, la non-collecte régulière et la disparité des acteurs impliqués dans la collecte des données relatives au renseignement des indicateurs n’ont pas permis d’évaluer tous les progrès. Sur la quarantaine d’indicateurs, douze n’ont pas pu être renseignés.

To ensure that the Biannual Review (BR) process embodies the CAADP/Malabo principles, particularly focusing on Commitment 7 (enhancing mutual accountability for actions and results) of the Malabo Declaration, the African Union Commission (AUC) launched the Inaugural Biennial Review reporting

Beginning 2016, the African Union Commission (AUC), NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA), and Regional Economic Communities (RECs) implemented consultative actions and technical partner engagements that culminated in a set of reporting tools for the first BR. An agreement reached with the leadership of the AUC was to evaluate the progress made by individual member states using balanced scorecard methods, to come up with an African Agriculture Transformation Scorecard (AATS).

In 2003, the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government adopted the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), an agriculture-led integrated development framework to boost African Agriculture with the aim to accelerate growth and eliminate poverty and hunger in African countries. CAADP was adopted in all ECOWAS Member Countries, that all developed and implemented a National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan (NAFSIP).

The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) encourages the use of evidence‐ based agricultural policy planning and implementation processes through peer review, dialogue, benchmarking, and the adoption of best practices so as to strengthen mutual accountability for actions and results utilized in the implementation of agriculture sector policy. The Joint Sector Review (JSR) is a tool that ensures mutual accountability at the country level for policy actions by state and nonstate players.