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What grows in Baraawe

Lower Shabelle, Somalia

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Map showing the boundary of Baraawe

The 2027 season in Baraawe

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedApril 2027 to July 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 457 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — make sure water can drain off the field.
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 94% of this area.
94% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 121 growing days · about 480 mm · April to July
6% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 111 growing days · about 410 mm · April to July

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Baraawe

94% lowland, semi-arid, warm — 41 crops

6% 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 Baraawe 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 Baraawe

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.

  • 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 — Water
  • 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; 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 Baraawe, 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 Baraawe

  • 2 September 2026 Pearl Millet — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Sweet Orange — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Sorghum — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Sweet Pepper — Crop became recommendable
  • 2 September 2026 Cotton — 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 Baraawe?

Common bean, Cowpea, Cucumber, Egusi melon, Finger millet all rate well in Baraawe — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Common bean in Baraawe?

In Baraawe the window for Common bean runs 6 Apr 2027 to 16 May 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Baraawe?

Divisi does. It reads Baraawe'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 Baraawe, 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.

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