WEF_GrowAfrica_AnnualReport2014

2013 in Review 2013 in Review
THE LONG VIEW
Persistent poverty and malnutrition make
steady agricultural growth a priority
Agricultural GDP Growth Rates
Ag GDP Growth
35
30
25
CAADP Target
Agriculture makes up 33.8% of Burkina Faso’s
economy, but growth in the sector has been extremely
volatile, fluctuating between negative 10% and positive
20% on an almost annual basis, thus falling short
of the 6% CAADP growth target as frequently as
meeting it. Roughly half of the rural population (which
comprises 80% of all Burkinabe) are directly engaged
in agriculture as an economic activity, with a slight
majority of that agricultural labour force composed
of men. Burkina Faso’s agricultural sector currently
produces sorghum, maize, millet and pulses in
significant quantities. It produces 8% of Africa’s annual
sorghum production. Over the last decade, publicsector
spending on agriculture has generally been in
line with the CAADP expenditure target of 10% of the
total national budget.
Burkina Faso is ranked at 154 th globally and 24 th out of
47 in sub-Saharan Africa in the Ease of Doing Business
CAADP TARGETS
report. Cross Border Trade and Getting Credit are
both areas particularly requiring improvements. While
Burkina Faso has 11.9 million mobile GSM connections
(roughly 2-thirds of the population), there is no 3G data
capability to those connections. Digital agribusiness
services are therefore limited to those providing basic
services such as mobile money, call-back services or
configuration settings.
For the 17.4 million people living in Burkina Faso,
poverty has only declined from 56.5% in 2003 to
44.6% in 2009. Malnutrition measured by the number
of underweight children is high even compared to other
sub-Saharan countries at 26.2% of the population. The
agricultural sector is therefore critical both to achieving
poverty reduction for the vast majority of Burkinabe,
who live in rural areas, but also for achieving food
security to ensure that the population reaches
adulthood in good health.
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15
10
5
0
-5
-10
-15
1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007
Source: ReSAKKS 2014 - www.resakss.org
SNAPSHOT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMY
Rural Population
Total population:
17,420,000
2009 2011
Population Economically Active in Agriculture
Total:
7,435,000
26.2% 44.6%
Child malnutrition:
% of children under 5 underweight
(World Development Indicators, 2010)
Poverty:
Poverty - % living below $1.25/day
(World Development Indicators, 2009)
Rural population:
12,362,000
48.2% 51.8%
Public agriculture expenditure share in total public expenditure 1990 - 2010
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 - http://faostat.fao.org/
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Burkina Faso
CAADP Target
Ease of Doing Business - Rank of 189 Countries
Overall 154
Top 10 Crops by Production (tonnes)
1,923,805 Sorghum
40
Starting a Business 125
1,556,316 Maize
30
Getting Credit 130
Protecting Investors 147
1,078,374 Millet
666,524 Pulses
20
Trading Across Borders 174
Enforcing Contracts 108
485,000 Sugarcane
319,390 Rice
10
0
1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008
Source: www.resakss.org
2010
EASY 50 100
150
Source:
World Bank 2014 - http://www.doingbusiness.org/
HARD
310,759 Groundnuts
113,345 Yams
92,817 Sweet Potatoes
24,305 Soybeans
Source:
FAO-STAT 2014 -
http://faostat.fao.org/
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Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
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