Production of plant materials

• Budwood garden

This is a clonal garden, a collection of different cocoa varieties recommended by IRAD for the creation of plantations in the Cameroon production basin.

• Seed farms

Specific planting to produce the quality seed recommended by research (IRAD). SODECAO has 94.1 ha of these planted in 03 specialized centers:

Mengang :             23,25 ha

Nkoemvone :        55,53 ha

Abang-Mbang :    15,52 ha

• Our cocoa clones

Selected thanks to research, the traceability of our seeds is known.

Cocoa varieties or clones selected by research.

• Hand pollination for hybrid authenticity

Manual pollination to obtain authentic hybrids for farmers

• Cocoa tree grafting

A common practice at SODECAO

1. Cocoa plants grafting, a technique used by SODECAO technicians to create or extend seed fields.
2. Grafting, a technique used by SODECAO to create seed fields.

• Cocoa seedling nurseries

Pour diffuser les semences sélectionnées aux planteurs de cacaoyers, la SODECAO a opté pour l’implantation des pépinières (pépinières délocalisées) dans les bassins de production. Cela permet de rapprocher la semence des utilisateurs.