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What grows in Afgooye

Lower Shabelle, Somalia

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Map showing the boundary of Afgooye

The 2026 season in Afgooye

Rainy seasonsTwo each year — two chances to plant
When the rains are expectedSeptember 2026 to December 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 498 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — September, October and November 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 +0.8 °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 76% of this area.
76% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 127 growing days · about 520 mm · March to June
22% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 144 growing days · about 510 mm · April to July

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Afgooye

76% lowland, semi-arid, warm, two seasons — 33 crops

22% lowland, semi-arid, warm, one season — 39 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 Afgooye 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 Afgooye

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.

  • Moringa Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Lettuce Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Pineapple Moderate — Water
  • Avocado Unsuitable
  • Banana Unsuitable — Water
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cocoa Unsuitable — Water
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Water
  • Taro Unsuitable — Water
  • Arabica coffee Unsuitable
  • Robusta coffee Unsuitable — Water
  • Enset Unsuitable
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable
  • Grapefruit Unsuitable — Water
  • Guava Unsuitable — Water
  • Irish potato Unsuitable
  • Lemon Unsuitable
  • Lime Unsuitable — Water
  • Mandarin Unsuitable — Water
  • Niger seed Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sugarcane Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet orange Unsuitable — Water
  • Sweet pepper Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Sweet potato Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Swiss chard 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; 35 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 1 September 2026 Spider Plant — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Lime — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Cowpea — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Teff — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Pearl Millet — 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 Afgooye?

Cowpea, Jute mallow, Pearl millet, Bambara groundnut, Egusi melon all rate well in Afgooye — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cowpea in Afgooye?

In Afgooye the window for Cowpea runs 19 Sep 2026 to 9 Oct 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Afgooye?

Divisi does. It reads Afgooye'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 Afgooye, 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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