Timor Leste Crop Calendar
What to plant and harvest across 6 agro-ecological zones in Timor Leste — 16 crops with sowing windows, growing periods and local notes.
Sow this July
5 cropsIndian spinach
Rice
Cabbage, common
Carrot
Onion
All crops in Timor Leste
Cabbage, common
Carrot
Indian spinach
Onion
Rice
Bean, broad green
Chilli, dry
Corn, sweet
Cucumber
Eggplant
Peanut
Pepper, chili
Sorghum
Soybean
Tomato
Watermelon
Agro-ecological zones
plains North Coast Lowland
Alt Max 100 m, flat land with some slope Max 15%, one rainy season, Max 500 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.
hill mountain Northern Slopes
Alt 300- 700 m, flat land with some slope Max 15%, some mountains, one rainy season, 1000 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.
hill mountain Northern Upland
Alt 700- 1500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 25 -40%, one rainy season, 1500-2000 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.
plains South Coast Lowland
Alt Max 100 m, flat land with some slope Max 15%, one rainy season, 1000-1500 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.
hill mountain Southern Slopes
Alt 700- 1500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 25 -40%,two rainy seasons, 1500-2000 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.
hill mountain Southern Upland
Alt 1000- 2500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 40%, two rainy seasons, 2500 mm/year
Practices: cash crops, Roots/Tubers, beans, horticultura, Cereal crops.