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Climate: ONACC strengthens SODECOTON’s capacity in northern Cameroon

From Journal du Cameroun · () French

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  • Cameroon’s National Observatory on Climate Change is training SODECOTON employees in the Far North and North regions from Sept. 1 to 8, 2026.
  • The workshops focus on using climate bulletins and agricultural calendars to improve advice to farmers and agricultural decision-making.
  • The program follows a 2025 partnership between ONACC and SODECOTON and aims to strengthen agroclimatic monitoring.

The National Observatory on Climate Change, known as ONACC, is training staff from Cameroon’s cotton company SODECOTON to use climate information in the country’s northern farming regions.

The workshops run from Sept. 1 to 8, 2026, across the Far North and North regions. Sessions are taking place in Maroua 1 and 2, Kaélé, Tchatibali and Guider in the Far North, as well as Garoua 1 and 2, Ngong, Touboro and Mayo-Galké in the North.

Official launch ceremonies took place simultaneously in Maroua and Garoua on Sept. 1. ONACC Director-General Joseph Armathé Amougou chaired the Garoua ceremony, while Deputy Director-General Forghab Patrick Mbomba led the event in Maroua.

The training is designed to help participants use ONACC’s ten-day, seasonal and agriculture-specific calendar bulletins. The information should improve the guidance provided to producers and support agricultural decisions. The initiative forms part of a partnership ONACC and SODECOTON signed in 2025, with a broader aim of strengthening agroclimatic monitoring and promoting farming that can better withstand climate change.

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