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What grows in Bolama

Bolama/Bijagos, Guinea-Bissau

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Map showing the boundary of Bolama

These figures also cover Bolama/Bijagos, Bubaque, Empada and Fulacunda, where the engine returns the same answer.

The 2026 season in Bolama

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedMay 2026 to November 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,853 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 1,853 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.9 °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 covers2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 80% of this area.
80% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 185 growing days · about 1,860 mm · May to November
20% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 184 growing days · about 1,980 mm · May to November

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Bolama

80% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 45 crops

20% sub-humid, warm — 45 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 Bolama 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 Bolama

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.

  • Grapefruit Moderate — Water
  • Sweet orange Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Swiss chard Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Water
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 29 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Lime — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 2 September 2026 Lime — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Lime — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jun 2027
  • 2 September 2026 Banana Plantain — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Frost & pests
  • 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.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Bolama?

Cashew, Common bean, Cowpea, Green gram, Jute mallow all rate well in Bolama — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cashew in Bolama?

In Bolama the window for Cashew runs 9 May 2026 to 6 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Bolama?

Divisi does. It reads Bolama'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 Bolama, 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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