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What grows in Okatyali

Oshana, Namibia

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Map showing the boundary of Okatyali

The 2026/27 season in Okatyali

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedDecember 2026 to April 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 501 mm
This season's rainRain close to usual — plan around about 501 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +1.7 °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 short crop, and only if timed to it, 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 95% of this area.
95% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 119 growing days · about 500 mm · December to April
5% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 117 growing days · about 470 mm · December to April

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Okatyali

95% lowland, semi-arid, warm — 41 crops

5% semi-arid, warm — 40 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 Okatyali 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 Okatyali

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.

  • Cassava Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Avocado Unsuitable
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable
  • Coconut Unsuitable
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Water
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable — Water
  • Lime Unsuitable — Water
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Turmeric Unsuitable — Water
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Yam Unsuitable — Water

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 33 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 2 September 2026 Mandarin — Limiting factor changed
  • 2 September 2026 Cucumber — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Passion Fruit — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Okra — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Spider Plant — 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Okatyali?

Bambara groundnut, Soybean, Egusi melon, Finger millet, Lablab all rate well in Okatyali — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Bambara groundnut in Okatyali?

In Okatyali the window for Bambara groundnut runs 4 Dec 2026 to 24 Dec 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Okatyali?

Divisi does. It reads Okatyali'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 Okatyali, 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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