Legume

Peanut

📍 Somalia

Click a numbered marker on the plant to explore each life-cycle stage — or read the key dates on the right.

Sow Harvest

Sow

Apr – May

Harvest

Jul – Aug

Growing period

90 days

Seeding rate

40 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.

Where Peanut grows in Somalia

dry arid

Bay and Bakool

Sorghum-cropped Bay and Bakool regions. Semi-arid rain-fed inland plateau (> 300 m asl) "Gu" main rainy season (March-June), "Xagga" coastal showers (July-Sept), "Deyr" short rains (Oct/Nov), "Jilaal" long dry season (Dec-Mar) Mean annual temp is 23-32 deg C. Soils are clay/loam soils. 300-600 mm annual rainfall.

plains

Coastal central and southern Somalia

Coastal central and southern Somalia. Semi-arid rain-fed lowland coastal plain (< 200 m asl) "Gu", main rainy season (March-June), "Xagga" coastal showers - extend to 100 km inland (July -Sept), "Deyr", short rains (Oct/Nov), "Jilaal" long dry season (Dec-Mar) Mean annual temp (23-32 deg C). Clay and clay/loam soils dominate in cultivated areas. 200-600 mm annual rainfall.

floodplain

Shabelle and Juba Valleys

Shabelle and Juba riverine Valleys. Semi-arid lowland (< 200 m asl) riverine flood plain irrigated and rain fed. "Gu" main rainy season (March-June), "Xagga" coastal showers (July-Sept), "Deyr" short rains (Oct/Nov), "Jilaal" long dry season (Dec-Mar). Mean annual temp (23-30 deg C) Soils are mainly heavy clay and clay/loam alluvial soils. 400-700 mm annual rainfall.

Looking for another crop? Browse the full Somalia crop calendar or the Peanut guide for other countries.