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Coffee
📍 Cape VerdeClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Sow
Harvest
Sow
Jan – Dec
Harvest
Jan – Dec
Growing period
4 - 5 years
Seeding rate
6000 - 8000 seeds/ha
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Harvest — this part of the plant
Roots & seed establish first. Sow in at .
Leaves & stem drive the vegetative stage over .
Flowering falls mid-cycle between sowing () and harvest (). Keep stress low here.
Fruit/grain matures — harvest around .
Local note
Based on similar agro-ecological conditions in another country — confirm with local extension.
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Where Coffee grows in Cape Verde
wet irrigated
Areas sub-humid and wet altitude
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
Looking for another crop? Browse the full Cape Verde crop calendar or the Coffee guide for other countries.