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What grows in Homa Bay

Homa Bay, Kenya

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Map showing the boundary of Homa Bay

The 2026/27 season in Homa Bay

When the rains are expectedFebruary 2026 to January 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,048 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — January, February, November and December 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 +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 a long crop, or two in a year, 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 43% of this area.
43% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 326 growing days · about 1,110 mm · February to January
23% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 267 growing days · about 920 mm · February to December
20% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 273 growing days · about 980 mm · February to January
7% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 339 growing days · about 1,200 mm · February to January

last updated 30 September 2026

What grows in Homa Bay

43% lowland, humid, warm, rain year-round — 66 crops

23% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 63 crops

20% lowland, humid, warm, one season — 63 crops

7% humid, warm — 63 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 Homa Bay 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 Homa Bay

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.

  • Sugarcane Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Tea Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 8 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 Avocado — Crop became recommendable
  • 31 August 2026 Pumpkin Butternut — Crop became recommendable
  • 31 August 2026 Passion Fruit — Crop became recommendable
  • 31 August 2026 Lime — Crop became recommendable
  • 31 August 2026 Niger Seed — Crop became recommendable

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 Homa Bay?

Cassava, Pineapple, Sweet orange, Cotton, Pigeon pea all rate well in Homa Bay — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cassava in Homa Bay?

In Homa Bay the window for Cassava runs 2 Mar 2026 to 10 Feb 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Homa Bay?

Divisi does. It reads Homa Bay'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 Homa Bay, 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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