What grows in Torit

Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan

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Map showing the boundary of Torit

The 2026 season in Torit

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedApril 2026 to November 2026
Rain in a typical yearAbout 792 mm
This season's rainLeaning dry — September and October look short of rain. Plant at the early end of the window, favour quicker and more drought-tolerant crops, and keep moisture in the soil: mulch, and weed early.
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 full main crop, 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 93% of this area.
Agro-ecological zones covering this area
93% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 225 growing days · about 870 mm · April to November
6% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 255 growing days · about 1,230 mm · March to November

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Torit

93% lowland, sub-humid, warm — 47 crops

6% highland, sub-humid, warm — 56 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 Torit 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 Torit

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.

  • Enset Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cocoa Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Teff Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cabbage Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Chickpea Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Garlic Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Oil palm Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Taro Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Coconut Moderate — Water
  • Sugarcane Moderate — Water
  • Ginger Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 11 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 31 August 2026 Banana Plantain — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Pumpkin Butternut — Suitability class changed, now rates Favourable
  • 31 August 2026 Fonio — Limiting factor changed, now held back mostly by Water
  • 31 August 2026 Cucumber — Planting window moved, now opens 6 Jun 2027
  • 31 August 2026 African Nightshade — 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 Torit?

African nightshade, Bambara groundnut, Common bean, Cowpea, Cucumber all rate well in Torit — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant African nightshade in Torit?

In Torit the window for African nightshade runs 29 May 2027 to 16 Jul 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Torit?

Divisi does. It reads Torit'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 Torit, 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.