Cape Verde Crop Calendar

Located above an altitude of 700m with an inter-annual rainfall> m 600 m areas of vital importance for infiltration of rainwater and recharging aquifers

Practices: Areas with problems of water collection and storage for irrigation. Potentialitée good fruit (grape, apple, quince and pêchier). Rainfall varies and limited extensive upland areas Agriculture: Corn / harricots Lack of rainwater collection infrastructures to practice other crops: tubers (cassava, sweet potato) and tropical fruit growing and tempered (mango, pêchier, vine) with supplemental irrigation. In wet altitude rainfed conditions, ability to produce root crops and horticulture. In the higher possibility to capture rain water for supplementary irrigation areas to improve the yields of the 2nd prodution (corn / har., Potatoes) Tradition of temperate fruit (apple, quince and pêchier) and coffee . Rainfed food production maiis / beans and root crops, peanuts and some vegetables 2 cycles culture / year in altitude: corn / beans, sweet potato, fruit and temperate (apple, pêchier, vine, quince) rainfed production at 600-700 m marked by corn / beans, tubers, coffee in girls storm corn / beans predominate, with root crops and cucurbits. Rainfed / irrigated farming system (mixed) more developed various. horticultural production (cabbage, potato, lettuce, etc.) with pre-storm plantations. Some expériennce capture surface water and cloud (S. Malagueta)

desert character areas ettend litoral at 200 m above sea level and has an annual rainfall <200 mm. The often poor soils, are busy with grazing Large surfaces Maio and Boa Vista are occupied by sand dunes supermarkets in Maio and Boa Vista are occupied by sand dunes Presence of natural pools for good retention / infiltration of water superficial flow. strong winds

Practices: Rainfed agriculture is not significant. Horticultural production in hydroponic greenhouses is expanding. rainfed production of maize / beans, date palm coconut, watermelon and melon. Horticultural production in small scale. rainfed production of maize / beans. Water availability very random. Potencialité in the production of irrrigué oignos and root crops Rainfed agriculture is not significant. Irrigation from wells located at the bottom of the valleys. wind pumping (shallow wells on) Salinity too high especially late in the season (May to July). The majority of horticultural plots (lettuce, beterrave, coriander, cabbage, ..) are grown with gout to gout irrigation. Areas of strong winds: using windbreaks and protected laculture (insect-proof greenhouse horticulture (tomatoes, lettuce, cabbage, ..)

Located between 400-500 meters above sea level with an inter-annual rainfall of 400-600 mm. Agricultural zones with wide valleys and plateaus descendants or wetlands and sub-humid altitude and which stretch towards the sea water salinity problems and soil on the grounds of the area litorale

Practices: Vocationées areas irrigated agriculture, especially in the valleys and on the slopes terracées. Irrigation from water sources and boreholes and wells (litorale area). Changes important in recent years for horti-fruit growing (diversified production for the market, modernization of irrigation by the massification of the drop-by-drop)

Located between 200-400 m with an inter-annual rainfall of 200-400 mm. marginal areas for agriculture in rainfed (subsistence during the years of good rainfall) The benefits valleys ficient of the influence of sub-humid areas, wet altitude for charging as springs and aquifers (well / borehole It are low altitude 0-400 m altitude valleys and valleys> 500 m. areas exposed to winds

Practices: Production rainfed corn / beans. Terrians rainfed (35 há) converted into irrigated (Gallery Fajã). Irrigated crops on protected valleys with wind favorable microclimate for the production horti-fruit: sugar cane / horticultural integrated with fruiters trees (mango, .....) on the edges of valleys with irrigation complementary significant deficit in water in certain areas fontion seasons. Gravity irrigation essenciellement with water sources and wells. Presence of micro climates temperate seasonal hot and humid (July- Oct.) propiciés production horti-fruit (potato, cabbage, sweet potato, citrus and mango. Presence zero or low pest "thousand-pasta" . insufficient rainfall areas (rainfed riquées). smallholder irrigation with water from holes drilled at depths> 100m slopes. Pumping from sea level to more intermediate stations. Potential for prodution roots and tubers, ananasier, papayier and horticultural (drip irrigation) slopes. Pumping from sea level to more intermediate stations. roots prodution potentiality and tubers, Anguier, ananasier, papayier and horticultural (drip irrigation). Price the very high water.

Altitude: 600-1000m

Practices: Rainfed food production maiis / beans and root crops, peanuts and some vegetables 2 cycles culture / year in altitude: corn / beans, sweet potato, fruit and temperate (apple, pêchier, vine, quince) rainfed production at 600-700 m marked by corn / beans, tubers, coffee in girls storm corn / beans predominate, with root crops and cucurbits. Rainfed / irrigated farming system (mixed) more developed various. horticultural production (cabbage, potato, lettuce, etc.) with pre-storm plantations. Some expériennce capture surface water and cloud (S. Malagueta)