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What grows in Hamma

Setif, Algeria

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Map showing the boundary of Hamma

The 2026 season in Hamma

Rain in a typical yearAbout 380 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 380 mm falling roughly when it always does
What that supportsenough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it, cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date
Ground this covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 43% of this area.
43% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; cool for part of the year, so frost sets the planting date 114 growing days · about 400 mm
29% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 124 growing days · about 250 mm
14% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 131 growing days · about 260 mm
7% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 154 growing days · about 300 mm · October to March

last updated 18 September 2026

What grows in Hamma

Divisi found no rain-fed growing season at this point — the rain here does not reliably carry a crop through one. These dates are what the calendar would be if it did, and the irrigated list below is the dependable answer.

29% semi-arid, mild winter, no rain-fed season — 1 crop

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 Hamma 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 Hamma

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.

  • Lettuce Moderate — Temperature
  • Kale Moderate — Temperature
  • Swiss chard Moderate — Water
  • Onion Moderate — Water
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Water
  • African nightshade Unsuitable — Water
  • Amaranth Unsuitable — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Water
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Water
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Water
  • Carrot Unsuitable — Water
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Water
  • Cassava Unsuitable — Water
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Water
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Water
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Common bean Unsuitable — Water
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Water
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Water
  • Cucumber Unsuitable — Water
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Water
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable — Water
  • Finger millet Unsuitable — Water
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Water
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Water
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Water
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Water
  • Groundnut Unsuitable — Water
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Chilli Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable — Water
  • Jute mallow Unsuitable — Water
  • Lablab Unsuitable — Water
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Water
  • Lime Unsuitable — Water
  • Maize Unsuitable — Water
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Mango Unsuitable — Water
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Water
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Water
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Okra Unsuitable — Water
  • Papaya Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Water
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Water
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable — Water
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • Pumpkin Unsuitable — Water
  • Rice Unsuitable — Water
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Water
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Water
  • Sorghum Unsuitable — Water
  • Soybean Unsuitable — Water
  • Spider plant Unsuitable — Water
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sunflower Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Water
  • Tea Unsuitable — Water
  • Teff Unsuitable — Water
  • Tobacco Unsuitable — Water
  • Tomato Unsuitable — Water
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Water
  • Watermelon Unsuitable — Water
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Water
  • Yam Unsuitable — Water

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 73 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Hamma, 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

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 Hamma?

Beetroot all rate well in Hamma — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Beetroot in Hamma?

In Hamma the window for Beetroot runs 3 Oct 2026 to 12 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Hamma?

Divisi does. It reads Hamma'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 Hamma, 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.

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