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What grows in Gbao

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Map showing the boundary of Gbao

The 2025 season in Gbao

When the rains are expectedJanuary 2025 to January 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 2,144 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 +1.0 °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 97% of this area.
97% 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 2,180 mm · January to January
3% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 350 growing days · about 2,220 mm · January to January

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Gbao

97% lowland, humid, warm — 60 crops

3% humid, warm — 60 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 Gbao

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.

  • Sweet potato Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 14 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Niger Seed — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Feb 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Turmeric — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Feb 2027

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 Gbao?

African eggplant, African nightshade, Amaranth, Bambara groundnut, Carrot all rate well in Gbao — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant African eggplant in Gbao?

In Gbao the window for African eggplant runs 10 Feb 2026 to 8 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Gbao?

Divisi does. It reads Gbao'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 Gbao, 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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