When to plant Mango in Fakai

Kebbi, Nigeria

Known here as mangoro

Mango is a big, long-living evergreen tree that, once planted, can feed your family and earn money for decades.

Mango in Fakai, rain-fed and with irrigation
Measure	Rain-fed	With irrigation
Fit	Favourable
When to plant (establish)	30 Apr 2027 – 19 Jul 2027 opens in 30 weeks	21 Jan 2026 – 1 Jan 2027
Expected harvest	about 18.0 t/ha	about 23.2 t/ha
Work it takes	62–147 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 20 May 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.

This season's rainfall outlook for Fakai is close to normal, so these dates match the pattern the area usually follows.

Planting after 19 Jul 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.

What decides this in Fakai

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

For mango in Fakai, 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 Fakai

Rainy seasons	One each year — one chance to plant, so timing carries it
When the rains are expected	May 2027 to October 2027
Rain in a typical year	About 862 mm
This season's rain	Rain close to usual — plan around about 862 mm falling roughly when it always does
This season's heat	Hotter than usual — about +1.1 °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 short crop, and only if timed to it, warm all year, so nothing but rain ends the season
Ground this covers	One kind of ground throughout.

last updated 16 September 2026

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

What mango needs to grow here

Soil it likes	well-drained sandy loam or loam soil
Soil sourness (pH)	Happiest between pH 5.5 and 7.5
Spacing	900 cm between rows, 900 cm between plants
Feed it most with	nitrogen, potassium, zinc and boron

What it takes to grow mango in Fakai

Planting material	About 135 plants per hectare
Nitrogen (N)	About 36 kg per hectare
Phosphate (P₂O₅)	About 9 kg per hectare
Potash (K₂O)	About 63 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	62–147 days per hectare, by hand

These are the nutrients a mango 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 Mango with a plan, not a guess

Everything above describes Fakai 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

Mango in nearby districts

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

Frequently asked questions

Will mango grow well in Fakai?

Fakai rates as favourable for mango.

When should I plant mango in Fakai?

Typically 30 Apr 2027 to 19 Jul 2027, forecast-adjusted.

Is this exact for my own field?

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