The 2016 sugar production in Cameroon threatened by drought

Louis Yinda (photo), CEO of Société Sucrière du Cameroun (Sosucam), local subsidiary of the Somdiaa group, is concerned. This is because the giant in the sugar production in Cameroon might not reach its production targets for 2016, due to an “unprecedented drought”, as indicated by its CEO while addressing the press on 17 February 2016.

Indeed, we learned, during November 2015, just a week after the official launch of the 2015-2016 sugar season which occurred on 26 October 2015, not a single drop of rain was seen in Sosucam’s Mbandjock and Nkonteng farms, the two towns in the Central region of the country where the factories of the leader in the national sugar production are located.

“I have never witnessed such natural disaster since I started with Sosucam”, the CEO exclaimed. Louis Yinda even revealed that the harsh drought is taking away “7 to 8% of the production potential” of this agro-industry, which we learned, planned to experiment with irrigation in some areas of its farms.

As a reminder, when launching its 2015-2016 sugar season, Sosucam was planning on an annual production of 124,000 tons. A target, which according to the comments from the CEO, could be to lowered by 7 to 8% by the end of the season.