Nepal Crop Calendar
What to plant and harvest across 3 agro-ecological zones in Nepal — 65 crops with sowing windows, growing periods and local notes.
Sow this July
20 cropsChard
Cress
Okra
Amaranthus tricolor
Radish
Pea, dry
Beet
Carrot
Buck Wheat (Sweet)
Cabbage, common
Cauliflower
Mung bean
Pigeon pea
Rice
Sesame
Taro
Turnip
Yam
Grass pea
Mil africain
All crops in Nepal
Amaranthus tricolor
Beet
Buck Wheat (Sweet)
Cabbage, common
Carrot
Cauliflower
Chard
Cress
Grass pea
Mil africain
Mung bean
Okra
Pea, dry
Pigeon pea
Radish
Rice
Sesame
Taro
Turnip
Yam
Barley
Bean common, dry
Bok choy
Broad Leaf Mustard
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cardamom
Chick-pea
Chilli
Colza(rapeseed)
Coriander
Corn
Corn, sweet
Cotton
Cowpea
Cucumber
Cumin
Eggplant
Fenugreek
Flax
Garlic
Ginger
Jute
Knowkhol
Lathyrus
Leek
Lentil
Mustard
Niger seed
Onion
Peanut
Pointed Gourd
Potato
Pumpkin
Soybean
Spinach
Sponge & Ridge Gourd
Sugarcane
Sunflower
Sweet pepper
Tarmeric
Tomato
Watermelon
Wheat, bread
Yardlong bean
Agro-ecological zones
plains A. Terai Agro-ecological Zone
Land System Unit:1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 4c, 5a, 6a, 6b,6c, 10a, 10b and 11; Subtropical Climate, <1000 m Elevation, 20-24 C0 Temperature, Hypothermic Temerature Regime and Semihumid Moisture Regime
Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Wheat-Spring Rice/Spring Maize, Rice-Wheat-Vegetables, Rice-Wheat-Mung, Paddy-Wheat-Fallow, Rice-Pulse-Spring Rice/ Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Spring Maize/ Spring Rice, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Fallow, Rice-Potato-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Spring Maize/ Spring Rice, Rice-Vegetable-Fallow. Rainfed Areas: Rice-Mustard-Fallow, Rice-Lentil-Fallow, Maize+Blackgram, Maize-Wheat, Maize+Soybean, Maize-Fallow, Maize/Fingermillet, Jute-Mustard-Fallow, Jute-Pulses-Fallow, Pigeopea
hill mountain B. Hill Agro-ecological Zone
Land Sysstem Unit:11, 13a, 13b, 13c, 13d, 14a, Warm Temperate Climate, 1000-2000 m elevation, 15-20 C0 Temperature, Thermic Soil Temperature Regime and Subhumid Moisture Regime.
Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Wheat- Spring Maize, Rice-Wheat-Vegetables, Rice-Wheat-Mung, Paddy-Wheat-Fallow, Rice-Pulse-Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Spring Maize, Rice-Oil Crops-Vegetables, Rice-Oil Crops-Fallow, Rice-Potato-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Spring Maize, Rice-Vegetable-Fallow. Rainfed Areas: Rice-Wheat- Spring Maize, Rice-Barley- Spring Maize, Rice-Mustard-Fallow, Rice-Lentil-Fallow, Rice-Fallow, Maize-Wheat-Fallow, Maize-Barley-Fallow, Maize-Mustard-Fallow, Maize+Soybean-Mustard-Fallow, Maize-Pulses-Fallow, Maize/Fingermillet-Mustard, Maize/Fingermillet, Maize-Fallow
hill mountain C. Mountain Agro-ecological Zone
Land Sysstem Unit:14a, Cool Temperate Climate, 2000-3000 m elevation, 10-15 C0 Temperature, Mesic Soil Temperature Regime and humid Moisture Regime.
Practices: Irrigated Areas: Rice-Naked Barley, Maize/Fingermillet-Wheat, Maize-Wheat, Potato-Nacked Barley/Buck Wheat, Potato- Naked Barley, Maize +Potato. Rainfed Areas: Maize-Wheat, Maize +Potato-Wheat, Maize/Fingermillet, Potato-Wheat/Naked Barley/Barley, Maize-Barley/ Naked Barley/Barley, Maize-Fallow