Tapioca (Cassava)

Water

Rain is enough, even in a dry year.

Needs about 670 mm of water here in its growing months. Rain gives about 1,000 mm it can use in a normal year, and 760 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 27 °C / 14 °C
• Jul 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Aug 24 °C / 15 °C (outside its best range)
• Sep 24 °C / 14 °C (outside its best range)
• Oct 21 °C / 10 °C (outside its best range)
• Nov 17 °C / 6 °C (outside its best range)
• Dec 14 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Jan 12 °C / 2 °C (outside its best range)
• Feb 15 °C / 4 °C (outside its best range)
• Mar 19 °C / 8 °C (outside its best range)
• Apr 25 °C / 11 °C (outside its best range)
• May 27 °C / 13 °C
• Jun 27 °C / 14 °C

Nights in November can bring frost. When frost is forecast, water the field lightly in the evening.

Soil

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

• The pH here suits it.
• Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.

Likes pH 5.5–8.0.

Money

Yield: about 149 quintals an acre, the typical figure across India (no figures for your state).

Mandi price through the year (December 2025–November 2026): about ₹3,000 a quintal across India's mandis.

This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 70 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would leave about ₹2.8 lakh a year after typical costs.

Prices swing a lot from year to year, so income can be well above or below this range.

Prices are usually best in September.

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.