What grows in Prefecture de Meknes

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Map showing the boundary of Prefecture de Meknes

The 2026/27 season in Prefecture de Meknes

When the rains are expectedOctober 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 527 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 527 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.5 °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, with a cool spell that slows winter growth
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 one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 205 growing days · about 480 mm · October to April
4% enough rain for one full main crop; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth 204 growing days · about 480 mm · October to April

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Prefecture de Meknes

96% lowland, sub-humid, mild winter — 19 crops

4% sub-humid, mild winter — 15 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 Prefecture de Meknes 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 Prefecture de Meknes

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.

  • Mango Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Tobacco Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Maize Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Sorghum Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Soybean Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Tomato Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Pineapple Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Passion fruit Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Papaya Moderate — Frost & pests
  • Groundnut Moderate — Water
  • Amaranth Moderate — Water
  • African eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Avocado Unsuitable — Water
  • Bambara groundnut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Banana Unsuitable
  • Cashew Unsuitable
  • Cassava Unsuitable
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Cotton Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cowpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Eggplant Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Water
  • Finger millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Fonio Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable
  • Green gram Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Chilli Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lablab Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Water
  • Lime Unsuitable
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Moringa Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable
  • Okra Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pearl millet Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pigeon pea Unsuitable
  • Rice Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Roselle Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sesame Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Turmeric Unsuitable
  • Watermelon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 54 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Prefecture de Meknes, 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 Prefecture de Meknes

  • 2 September 2026 Garlic — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Slope / terrain
  • 2 September 2026 Garlic — Planting window moved, now opens 1 Nov 2026
  • 2 September 2026 Swiss Chard — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Rape Covo Kale — 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.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Prefecture de Meknes?

Beetroot, Cabbage, Lettuce, Kale, Swiss chard all rate well in Prefecture de Meknes — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Beetroot in Prefecture de Meknes?

In Prefecture de Meknes the window for Beetroot runs 8 Oct 2026 to 2 Dec 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Prefecture de Meknes?

Divisi does. It reads Prefecture de Meknes'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 Prefecture de Meknes, 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.