2022 agricultural calendar for the five agro-ecological zones of cameroon – March 2022

Climate forecasts for the year 2022 indicate a general decrease in rainfall amounts in the Centre, East and South regions (bimodal rain forest zone). Meanwhile, in the monomodal rain forest zone, a contrasting situation can be observed, with a decrease in rainfall in the Littoral region and an increase in the South-West region (monomodal rain forest zone). In the Highlands zone, forecasts indicate an increase in rainfall amounts in the West and North West regions. With regard to the dates of the start of the rainy season, forecasts indicate a probability of the rainy season starting between the end of May and the beginning of June 2022 in the Sudano-Sahelian zone. In the monomodal rain forest zone, the rainy season is likely to start during the second dekad of March 2022. The short rainy season is likely to start in the second dekad of March 2022 in the bimodal rain forest zone. In the Guinean high savannah zone, it could start in the second dekad of April 2022.
On the basis of the above, the study proposes that the Planting start at the beginning of June 2022 in the Sudano-Sahelian zone, from the third dekad of March in the bimodal and monomodal rain forest zones, and from the third dekad of March 2022 in the Highlands zone…