Divisi icon Divisi

What grows in Awi

Amhara, Ethiopia

Save as PDF

Map showing the boundary of Awi

The 2026 season in Awi

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedApril 2026 to November 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,652 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 1,652 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.3 °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 covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 39% of this area.
39% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 220 growing days · about 1,590 mm · April to November
26% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 159 growing days · about 1,020 mm · May to October
21% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 209 growing days · about 1,360 mm · April to November
9% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 274 growing days · about 1,810 mm · March to December

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Awi

39% highland, sub-humid, warm — 41 crops

26% lowland, semi-arid, warm — 51 crops

21% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 59 crops

9% high montane, humid, warm — 30 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 Awi 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 Awi

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.

  • Banana Moderate — Water
  • Arabica coffee Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Ginger Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Pineapple Moderate — Water
  • Sugarcane Moderate — Water
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 11 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 African Nightshade — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Temperature
  • 31 August 2026 African Nightshade — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Beetroot — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Temperature
  • 31 August 2026 Beetroot — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Passion Fruit — 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.

Where to sell it nearby

Support and extension

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Awi?

Cucumber, Lettuce, African nightshade, Carrot, Common bean all rate well in Awi — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cucumber in Awi?

In Awi the window for Cucumber runs 19 May 2026 to 28 Sep 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Awi?

Divisi does. It reads Awi'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 Awi, 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.

Crop guides Pest guides Disease guides Where to sell it Farming glossary Farming insights Read the Hive Feed How the advice is made