What grows in El Adjiba

Bouira, Algeria

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Map showing the boundary of El Adjiba

The 2026/27 season in El Adjiba

When the rains are expectedOctober 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 559 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 559 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.5 °C over the growing months. Heat makes the same rain do less, so a dry spell bites sooner: do not plant late, and shade or mulch what you can.
What that supportsenough rain for one full main crop, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
Ground this covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 71% of this area.
Agro-ecological zones covering this area
71% enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 200 growing days · about 580 mm · October to April
14% enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 200 growing days · about 550 mm · October to April
7% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 274 growing days · about 910 mm · September to June
7% enough rain for one full main crop; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 245 growing days · about 910 mm · September to June

last updated 18 September 2026

What grows in El Adjiba

71% lowland, sub-humid, mild winter — 15 crops

14% sub-humid, mild winter — 13 crops

Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.

What grows in El Adjiba with irrigation

These need water applied — rain alone will not carry them here. The dates are the windows their own water supply allows.

What Divisi would not plant in El Adjiba

Every crop in the catalogue is scored against this district, not only the ones that work — so the list above is a decision rather than a shortlist. These are the rest, with what ruled each one out.

  • Mandarin Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • African nightshade Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Pumpkin Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Spider plant Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Sweet orange Moderate
  • Enset Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Sugarcane Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Tobacco Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Lemon Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Mango Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Passion fruit Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Groundnut Moderate — Water
  • Amaranth Moderate — Water
  • Jute mallow Moderate — Water
  • Okra Moderate — Water
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable
  • Cashew Unsuitable
  • Cassava Unsuitable
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Finger millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Guava Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chilli Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lablab Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lime Unsuitable
  • Maize Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Moringa Unsuitable
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable
  • Papaya Unsuitable
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable
  • Pineapple Unsuitable
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sorghum Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Soybean Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Tomato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Watermelon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 59 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across El Adjiba, and the map colours which kind of ground each part of it is. Your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates — the Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.

Or check your field first

What changed in El Adjiba

  • 18 September 2026 Onion — Limiting factor changed
  • 18 September 2026 Onion — Planting window moved, now opens 25 Nov 2026

This calendar moves

Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in El Adjiba?

Beetroot, Lettuce, Kale, Swiss chard, Cabbage all rate well in El Adjiba — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Beetroot in El Adjiba?

In El Adjiba the window for Beetroot runs 4 Oct 2026 to 14 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in El Adjiba?

Divisi does. It reads El Adjiba's own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average, so the planting dates and crop shortlist on this page are the same ones the app works out for a field here — then dates each job for that field, and keeps working with no signal.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across El Adjiba, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

Keep going

The district's answer is one question. What each crop needs, what attacks it and where to sell it are the others.