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What grows in Baía Farta

Benguela, Angola

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Map showing the boundary of Baía Farta

The 2026/27 season in Baía Farta

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedNovember 2026 to May 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 623 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 623 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.7 °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 all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers3 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 62% of this area.
62% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 209 growing days · about 700 mm · October to May
34% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 122 growing days · about 520 mm · January to May
4% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 105 growing days · about 450 mm · January to May

last updated 1 October 2026

What grows in Baía Farta

62% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 46 crops

34% lowland, semi-arid, warm — 40 crops

4% semi-arid, warm — 47 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 Baía Farta 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 Baía Farta

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.

  • Pineapple Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Grapefruit Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Swiss chard Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Turmeric Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Coconut Moderate — Water
  • Arabica coffee Moderate — Water
  • Sugarcane Moderate — Water
  • Taro Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 27 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Pigeon Pea — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Lablab — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Papaya — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Cashew — Crop became recommendable

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.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Baía Farta?

Cashew, Pigeon pea, Mango, Sesame, Groundnut all rate well in Baía Farta — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cashew in Baía Farta?

In Baía Farta the window for Cashew runs 1 Nov 2026 to 21 Mar 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Baía Farta?

Divisi does. It reads Baía Farta'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 Baía Farta, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.

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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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