What grows in Tarkwa Nsuaem

Western, Ghana

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Map showing the boundary of Tarkwa Nsuaem

The 2025 season in Tarkwa Nsuaem

When the rains are expectedJanuary 2025 to January 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,615 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry. Plant at the early end of the window and favour quicker, more drought-tolerant crops.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.6 °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 96% of this area.
Agro-ecological zones covering this area
96% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 365 growing days · about 1,600 mm · January to January
4% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 323 growing days · about 1,530 mm · February to December

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Tarkwa Nsuaem

96% lowland, humid, warm — 57 crops

4% humid, warm — 58 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 Divisi would not plant in Tarkwa Nsuaem

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.

  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 16 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Tobacco — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Tea — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Tea — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jun 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Teff — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Banana Plantain — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable

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 Tarkwa Nsuaem?

Cashew, Coconut, Grapefruit, Green gram, Jute mallow all rate well in Tarkwa Nsuaem — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cashew in Tarkwa Nsuaem?

In Tarkwa Nsuaem the window for Cashew runs 10 Feb 2026 to 28 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Tarkwa Nsuaem?

Divisi does. It reads Tarkwa Nsuaem'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 Tarkwa Nsuaem, 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.