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Sodecoton to increase Cameroon’s annual cotton production by 2025

  

Cameroon’s cotton development corporation Sodecoton plans to increase Central African country Cameroon’s annual cotton production to 600,000 tonne by 2025. To reach this ambitious target, Sodecoton plans to develop high-yielding seed varieties, instead of the earlier planned introduction of genetically modified (GM) crops.

Sodecon expects Cameroon’s cotton production in 2020-21 season to rise to 350,000 tonne. As per China Textile, Cameroon cotton production in the previous season was 328,000 tonne, most of which was exported.

Cameroon exports its cotton to Asian countries, with China being the main destination. The other Asian countries that import Cameroon cotton include Bangladesh, Vietnam and Indonesia.

In 2019, Cameroon exported 18.4 per cent of its cotton to China, followed by 12.2 per cent to Italy, and 11 percent to India. As a part of 2020-30 National Development Strategy the Cameroon government merged Sodecoton and Cotonnière Industrielle du Cameroun (Cicam) last year to boost the country’s cotton textiles industry. Prior to merger, Sodecoton organized the production and marketing of cotton in Cameroon.

 
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