Legume
Peanut
📍 EritreaClick a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.
Sow
Harvest
Sow
Jun – Jul
Harvest
Oct – Nov
Growing period
100 - 120 days
Seeding rate
50 kg/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 Peanut grows in Eritrea
plains
Moist lowland
South western Eritrea lower part of eastern escarpment. Altitude: 500 - 1600 m. Relief: Undulating to rolling plains and ridges . Soil: Cambisols, vertisols, fluvisoks, lithosols. Precipitation (mean): 500 - 800 mm. Temperature (Mean): 21 - 28ºC
Looking for another crop? Browse the full Eritrea crop calendar or the Peanut guide for other countries.