This project will be implemented in the locality of Tchabal, in the Adamawa region. The Cotton Development Company (SODECOTON) will build a new oil mill in the town of Ngaoundéré, in the Adamawa region. According to a press release made public on March 15, 2021 by the Minister of the Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, the public hearings relating to the environmental impact study of this project will be held from March 22 to March 27, 2021 in the chiefdom of Tchabal Margol-Ngaoundéré.
“The 3rd oil mill of SODECOTON (after those of Garoua and Maroua, Editor’s note) will be built in Tchabal Margol-Ngaoundéré. It will have a crushing capacity of 300 tonnes of cotton per day .”
The cost of this project, which will increase production from 1.2 million current boxes to 1.7 million boxes, is estimated at 25 billion FCFA.
To finance the construction of this new oil mill, “SODECOTON has initiated negotiations with donors since 2019, including the African Development Bank (AfDB),” the newspaper indicates.
The Cotton Development Company has decided to step up its investments in processing units. In fact, on March 6, 2021, the cotton company, which oversees more than 250,000 producers, laid the stone for its 10th cotton ginning plant in the town of Gouna, in the North region.
This new complex will be installed over an area of 30 hectares. The plant will be adapted to the operating climatic conditions of the northern region. She will be able to shell 335 tonnes of cotton per day. More than 10 billion FCFA will be mobilized for the construction of this 10th ginning plant, after those of Maroua, Kaélé, Tchatibali, Guider, Garoua, Ngong, Touboro, Mayo Galké and Homé.