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What grows in Bu'aale

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Map showing the boundary of Bu'aale

The 2026 season in Bu'aale

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedMarch 2026 to June 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 495 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 54% of this area.
54% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 134 growing days · about 510 mm · March to June
45% enough rain for one short crop, and only if timed to it; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 130 growing days · about 510 mm · March to June

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Bu'aale

54% lowland, semi-arid, warm, one season — 37 crops

45% lowland, semi-arid, warm, two seasons — 31 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 Bu'aale 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 Bu'aale

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 Moderate — Water
  • Moringa Moderate — Water
  • Lettuce Moderate — Temperature
  • 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
  • Pineapple Unsuitable — Water
  • 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; 36 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

The crops and dates above are read at cells spread across Bu'aale, 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 Bu'aale

  • 2 September 2026 Okra — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Watermelon — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Fonio — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 2 September 2026 Green Gram — 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.

Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Bu'aale?

Cowpea, Jute mallow, Bambara groundnut, Common bean, Egusi melon all rate well in Bu'aale — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cowpea in Bu'aale?

In Bu'aale the window for Cowpea runs 24 Mar 2027 to 3 Apr 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Bu'aale?

Divisi does. It reads Bu'aale'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 Bu'aale, 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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