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What grows in Antalaha

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Map showing the boundary of Antalaha

The 2025 season in Antalaha

When the rains are expectedJanuary 2025 to December 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 2,920 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — January, February, September, October and November look short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
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 94% of this area.
94% 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 2,930 mm · January to December
6% 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 2,910 mm · January to December

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Antalaha

94% lowland, humid, warm — 65 crops

6% 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 Divisi would not plant in Antalaha

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.

  • Tea Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Enset Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cabbage Moderate — Slope / terrain
  • Chickpea Moderate — Slope / terrain
  • Teff Moderate — Slope / terrain
  • Wheat Moderate — Slope / terrain
  • Garlic Moderate — Slope / terrain

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 7 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 Spider Plant — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jan 2027
  • 31 August 2026 African Nightshade — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Jan 2027
  • 31 August 2026 Cocoyam Taro — Planting window moved, now opens 3 Apr 2026
  • 31 August 2026 Turmeric — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Turmeric — Planting window moved, now opens 11 Jun 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.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Antalaha?

Cashew, Coconut, Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime all rate well in Antalaha — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cashew in Antalaha?

In Antalaha the window for Cashew runs 21 Jan 2026 to 1 Jan 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Antalaha?

Divisi does. It reads Antalaha'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 Antalaha, 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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