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What grows in Mkoani

Kusini Pemba, United Republic of Tanzania

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Map showing the boundary of Mkoani

The 2025 season in Mkoani

When the rains are expectedSeptember 2025 to September 2025
Rain in a typical yearAbout 1,700 mm
This season's rainLeaning wet — make sure water can drain off the field.
This season's heatHotter than usual — about +0.7 °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 a long crop, or two in a year, 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 71% of this area.
71% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 313 growing days · about 1,650 mm · September to August
29% enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 342 growing days · about 1,650 mm · December to December

last updated 16 September 2026

What grows in Mkoani

71% lowland, humid, warm — 64 crops

29% humid, warm — 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 Divisi would not plant in Mkoani

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.

  • Avocado Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Beetroot Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Cabbage Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Chickpea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Enset Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Garlic Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Passion fruit Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Tea Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Teff Unsuitable — Temperature
  • Wheat Unsuitable — Temperature

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 Mkoani, 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

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 Mkoani?

Banana, Cashew, Cassava, Coconut, Robusta coffee all rate well in Mkoani — scored against its own rainfall, soil and terrain rather than a national average.

When should I plant Banana in Mkoani?

In Mkoani the window for Banana runs 21 Jan 2027 to 22 Mar 2027.

Is there a farming app that works in Mkoani?

Divisi does. It reads Mkoani'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 Mkoani, 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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