Tapioca (Cassava)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 780 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,200 mm it can use in a normal year, and 1,080 mm in a dry year.

Heavy rain here can waterlog it. Grow it on raised beds or land that drains well.

Temperature

Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.

Here, in its growing months (day / night):

• Jun 29 °C / 22 °C
• Jul 30 °C / 23 °C
• Aug 30 °C / 23 °C
• Sep 29 °C / 22 °C
• Oct 28 °C / 19 °C
• Nov 25 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 22 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 21 °C / 9 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 23 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 26 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 27 °C / 17 °C
• May 28 °C / 20 °C
• Jun 29 °C / 22 °C

Months in orange are outside its best range.

Soil

Soil for Tapioca (Cassava): 9 out of 10 (good).

• The pH here suits it, though not most crops.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
• Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 91 quintals an acre here (district figures).

Mandi price through the year (January–February 2026, April 2026, November 2026): about ₹2,725 a quintal at mandis in your district.

This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 71 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹74,000 a year after typical costs.

Prices are usually best in January.

Typical costs are about ₹2.4 lakh an acre: about half of what a usual harvest earns (2023–2025), as in farm cost surveys. They are spent whatever the harvest.