Mechanisms implemented for the sustainable development of agriculture: an overview of Cabo Verde performance

Danilson Mascarenhas Varela, Filipa Monteiro, Patrícia Vidigal, Luís Silva, Maria M. Romeiras

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Abstract

In 2005, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) adopted the Common Agricultural Policy of ECOWAS (ECOWAP), as an instrument for implementing the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP). The main goals of ECOWAP/CAADP were set to promote agriculture development and end hunger by 2025. In this study we focused on the Cabo Verde archipelago as one of the best performing countries within ECOWAS in terms of overall sustainable development. In this paper, the evolution of the ECOWAP implementation and of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) associated with agriculture in Cabo Verde, were assessed by semi-quantitative (e.g., agricultural policies, agrarian periodical literature) and quantitative (modeling regression of ECOWAP implementation and Sustainable Development Goals-SDGs-performance) analyses. Our integrated results suggest that the agriculture development strategies, the signature of ECOWAP/CAADP by the national government, and political stability might explain the progress made towards poverty reduction and the improvement of food security. The results also show that agriculture-related SDGs in Cabo Verde are higher than the mean values obtained from the remaining West African countries, well above the top 25% WA countries. Nevertheless, Cabo Verde public expenditure into agriculture under the ECOWAP was generally below the targeted 10% of the national budget, with food import required to meet internal food demands.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5855
JournalSustainability
Volume12
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Agriculture policies
  • Economic community of West African states (ECOWAS)
  • Economic development
  • Food shortage
  • Sustainable development goals (SDGs)

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