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What grows in Rakai

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Map showing the boundary of Rakai

The 2026/27 season in Rakai

Rainy seasonsOne each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expectedAugust 2026 to June 2027
Rain in a typical yearAbout 701 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — January, February, November and December 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 +1.2 °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 a long crop, or two in a year, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers4 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 51% of this area.
51% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 284 growing days · about 740 mm · August to June
18% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 263 growing days · about 670 mm · August to June
16% enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 255 growing days · about 660 mm · August to January
13% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 302 growing days · about 800 mm · August to June

last updated 17 September 2026

What grows in Rakai

51% lowland, humid, warm, one season — 63 crops

18% lowland, sub-humid, warm, one season — 59 crops

16% lowland, sub-humid, warm, two seasons — 59 crops

13% lowland, humid, warm, rain year-round — 64 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 Rakai 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 Rakai

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.

  • Sugarcane Moderate
  • Teff Only in patches — clears in part of this area, not across any one zone
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cashew Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Coconut Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Egusi melon Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Ginger Unsuitable — Water
  • Oil palm Unsuitable — Water

Divisi scored 74 crops against this district's own ground; 10 came back without a sowing date.

Plan the season, not just check it

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

  • 1 September 2026 Spider Plant — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Cabbage — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Pumpkin Butternut — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Lettuce — Crop became recommendable
  • 1 September 2026 Niger Seed — 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What crops grow well in Rakai?

Cassava, Finger millet, Guava, Lablab, Lemon all rate well in Rakai — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Cassava in Rakai?

In Rakai the window for Cassava runs 9 Sep 2026 to 29 Sep 2026.

Is there a farming app that works in Rakai?

Divisi does. It reads Rakai'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 Rakai, 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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