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What grows in Catabola

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Map showing the boundary of Catabola

The 2026/27 season in Catabola

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedOctober 2026 to May 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,255 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — January and February look heavier than usual. Make sure water can drain off the field; a wet year does more damage through waterlogging and disease than through the rain itself.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.4 °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 50% of this area.
50% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 233 growing days · about 1,250 mm · October to May
47% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 239 growing days · about 1,320 mm · September to May
3% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 227 growing days · about 1,190 mm · October to May

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Catabola

50% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 61 crops

47% highland, sub-humid, warm — 61 crops

3% sub-humid, warm — 60 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 Catabola 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 Catabola

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.

  • Chickpea Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Garlic Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cabbage Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Enset Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cashew Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Egusi melon Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Taro Moderate — Water
  • Sugarcane Moderate
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Oil palm Unsuitable

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 13 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Pigeon Pea — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 2 September 2026 Cashew — Limiting factor changed
  • 2 September 2026 Cashew — Planting window moved, now opens 12 Mar 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Lablab — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Temperature
  • 2 September 2026 Papaya — Limiting factor changed

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 Catabola?

Avocado, Bambara groundnut, Cotton, Finger millet, Fonio all rate well in Catabola — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Avocado in Catabola?

In Catabola the window for Avocado runs 16 Sep 2026 to 3 Feb 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Catabola?

Divisi does. It reads Catabola'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 Catabola, 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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