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# AGRICULTURAL CALENDAR
FOR THE 2026 FIRST CROPPING SEASON
in the Monomodal, Bimodal and Western Highlands Agro-Ecological Zones of Cameroon
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# SUMMARY
SUMMARY ... 2 GLOSSARY ... 3 SUMMARY ... 4 1. INTRODUCTION ... 5 1.1. Context and justification ... 5 1.2. Methodology ... 6 2. SUMMARY OF CLIMATE FORECASTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM MARCH TO MAY 2026 ... 7 3. MAIN AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN AREAS OF INTEREST ... 13 4. SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES ... 14 APPENDICES: ... 40
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# GLOSSARY
Agricultural Calendar: This is a decision-making and advisory tool for planning, managing, and monitoring agricultural activities. It presents the types of crops (maize, cocoa, beans, etc.) and agricultural operations (field preparation, sowing, maintenance, etc.) in a given agro-ecological zone (Sudano-Sahelian, Guinea High Savannah, Bimodal Rainforest, Western Highlands, and Monomodal Rainforest).
Climate: All the meteorological elements and phenomena (temperature, atmospheric pressure, precipitation, wind, etc.) and their dynamics in time and space (expressed in seasons) that characterise a given place or a specific geographical area over a long period (at least 30 years, according to the WMO).
La Niña is a cold marine current, an unusual climate phenomenon that usually occurs every 2 to 7 years in the equatorial Pacific and especially along the coast of Latin America. It is characterized by the upwelling of oceanic waters from the depth to the surface. These waters are usually highly nutrient-rich. It affects the global circulation of the atmosphere, and its consequences are worldwide: modification of wind patterns, rainfall, the appearance of extreme climate events such as floods, extreme droughts, etc.
El Niño is a warm ocean current (opposite of La Niña), characterized by an increase in ocean surface temperature. It is a large-scale oceanic phenomenon that takes place in the equatorial Pacific with a periodicity of 2 to 5 years. It affects the large-scale global circulation of the atmosphere and the wind regime. El Niño is the warm phase of the coupled ocean/atmosphere phenomenon known as ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation).
Climate Variability: Variations in meteorological parameters (temperature, rainfall, etc.) around an average on seasonal and inter-annual time scales in a given region.
Climate Change: Also known as climate disruption, climate change corresponds to a long-term change (from one decade to one million years) in the statistical parameters (average parameters, variability, etc.) of the Earth's global climate or its various regional climates. These changes may be due to intrinsic earth processes, external influences, or, more recently, human activities.
Agro-Ecological Zone: A geographical unit defined in terms of climate, geomorphology, and soils, and/or vegetation cover and possessing a specific range of potentials and constraints for land use. Cameroon has five agro-ecological zones, i.e. the Sudano-Sahelian, the Guinea High Savannah, the Bimodal Rain Forest, the Western Highlands, and the Monomodal Rain Forest Zones.
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# SUMMARY