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What grows in Basketo

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Map showing the boundary of Basketo

The 2025/26 season in Basketo

When the rains are expectedFebruary 2025 to January 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,269 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 1,269 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 a long crop, or two in a year, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 66% of this area.
66% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 320 growing days · about 1,300 mm · February to December
34% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 325 growing days · about 1,550 mm · February to December

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Basketo

66% lowland, humid, warm — 56 crops

34% highland, humid, warm — 67 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 Basketo 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 Basketo

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
  • Sugarcane Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Egusi melon Moderate — Slope / terrain
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 4 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 Lettuce — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Lettuce — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Mar 2027
  • 31 August 2026 Chickpea — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Wheat — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Wheat — Planting window moved, now opens 4 Jul 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Basketo?

Avocado, Enset, Guava, Lemon, Lime all rate well in Basketo — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Avocado in Basketo?

In Basketo the window for Avocado runs 10 Feb 2026 to 18 Sep 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Basketo?

Divisi does. It reads Basketo'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 Basketo, 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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