When to plant Cashew in Ada West

These figures also cover Golfe and South Tongu, where the engine returns the same answer.

Greater Accra, Ghana

Cashew is a tough evergreen tree that lives and bears nuts for 20 years or more.

Cashew in Ada West, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant (establish)	15 Mar 2027 – 27 Jun 2027 opens in 24 weeks	21 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2027
Expected harvest	about 1.5 t/ha	about 2.0 t/ha
Bearing cycle	60–90 days per crop once the plant is established. Planting to the first harvest takes longer than one cycle.
Work it takes	57–127 days per hectare, by hand

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.

If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 28 Mar 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Ada West leans dry, so these dates sit later than the long-run average. Planting on the date you are used to risks germinating into a false start and having to replant.

Planting after 27 Jun 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Ada West

Rain and temperature	96%
The soil	96%
The lie of the land	88%

For cashew in Ada West, the lie of the land is the tightest of the three at 88%. You cannot flatten it, but you can farm it: plant along the contour rather than up and down, ridge or tie ridges to hold water on the slope, and expect shallower rooting than the crop would manage on flat ground.

The 2027 season in Ada West

Rainy seasons	One each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expected	March 2027 to November 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 965 mm
This season's rain	Leaning 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 heat	Hotter than usual — about +0.5 °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 supports	enough rain for one full main crop, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers	3 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 64% of this area.

Agro-ecological zones covering this area
64%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 254 growing days · about 950 mm · March to November
20%	enough rain for one full main crop; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 253 growing days · about 950 mm · March to November
16%	enough rain for a long crop, or two in a year; warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season 271 growing days · about 990 mm · March to December

last updated 30 September 2026

Frost and pest pressure hold back about 15% of yield here.

What cashew needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sand or sandy loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 4.5 and 6.5
Spacing	800 cm between rows, 800 cm between plants
Feed it most with	sulphur, zinc and boron

What it takes to grow cashew in Ada West

Planting material	About 156 plants per hectare
Nitrogen (N)	About 52 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 14 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 33 kg per hectare
In the shops	A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established.
Hand work	57–127 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a cashew crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.

What to watch for

Pest/disease risk — manageable

Grow Cashew with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Ada West as a whole — 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

Cashew in nearby districts

How to grow Cashew, step by step Land preparation to harvest — every task, in order

Frequently asked questions

Will cashew grow well in Ada West?

Ada West rates as favourable for cashew.

When should I plant cashew in Ada West?

Typically 15 Mar 2027 to 27 Jun 2027, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

No — these are readings taken across Ada West, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.