Azerbaijan Crop Calendar
What to plant and harvest across 12 agro-ecological zones in Azerbaijan — 39 crops with sowing windows, growing periods and local notes.
Sow this July
18 cropsChilli, dry
Oats
Pepper, chili
Tomato
Bean, Lima
Bean, broad green
Carrot
Celery
Corn, sweet
Cucumber
Indian spinach
Mash
Radish yellow and black
Soybean
Sunflower
Turnip
Potato
Sorghum
All crops in Azerbaijan
Bean, Lima
Bean, broad green
Carrot
Celery
Chilli, dry
Corn, sweet
Cucumber
Indian spinach
Mash
Oats
Pepper, chili
Potato
Radish yellow and black
Sorghum
Soybean
Sunflower
Tomato
Turnip
Barley
Beet, sugar
Broccoli
Cabbage, common
Chick-pea
Eggplant
Garlic
Lentil
Melon
Oil flax
Onion
Pea, dry
Peanut
Pumpkin
Red beet
Rye
Safflower
Sesame
Watermelon
Wheat, bread
Wheat, durum
Agro-ecological zones
other East Slopes
Alt. 800-1400 m, slope lands Max with 15%, with some small flate lands, two rainy season, Max 600-1300 mm/year
Practices: Vegetables, Roots/Tubers, horticulture
plains North Coast Plain areas
Alt 550-850 m, flat land with some slope Max 15%, two rainy seasone, Max 250- 400-650 mm/year
Practices: Cereal crop, grape, tea
other Northern Slopes
Alt. 800-1400 m, slope lands Max with 15%, with some small flate lands, two rainy season, Max 600-1300 mm/year
Practices: Roots/Tubers, cereal crop, grape, tobacco
hill mountain Northern Upland
Alt 1400- 2700 m, mountainous with smal flat lands, slope 25-40%, two rainy seasone, Max 600-1500 mm/year
Practices: Roots/Tubers, grape, cereal crops, tobacco
plains Northwest Coast Plain areas
Alt 550-850 m, flat land with some slope Max 15%, two rainy seasone, Max 250- 400-650 mm/year
Practices: Roots/Tubers, cereal crop, grape, horticulture, vegetables
other Northwest Slopes
Alt. 800-1400 m, slope lands Max with 15%, with some small flate lands, two rainy season, Max 600-1300 mm/year
Practices: Roots/Tubers, cereal crop, grape, horticulture
hill mountain Northwest Upland
Alt 1400- 2700 m, mountainous with smal flat lands, slope 25-40%, two rainy seasone, Max 600-1500 mm/year
Practices: Roots/Tubers, horticultura, cereal crops
plains South Coast Plain areas
Alt 350-550 m, flat lands with some slope Max 10%, tworainy season, Max 120-200 mm/year
Practices: Tea, Roots/Tubers, vegetables, grape
hill mountain South Slopes
Alt 600- 1500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 25 -40%,two rainy seasons, 400-1200 mm/year
Practices: Tea, Roots/Tubers, vegetables, grape
hill mountain South Upland
Alt 1200- 2500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 40%, two rainy seasons, 500-1300 mm/year
Practices: Tea, Roots/Tubers, vegetables, grape
plains South-central Coast Plain areas
Alt 350-550 m, flat lands with some slope Max 10%, tworainy season, Max 120-200 mm/year
Practices: Cotton, cereals, Roots/Tubers, vegetables, grape
hill mountain West Upland
Alt 1200- 2500 m, mountainous with small flat land, slope 40%, two rainy seasons, 500-1300 mm/year
Practices: Grape, Tobacco, Roots/Tubers, cereals