Tapioca (Cassava)
Holds the land all year
Grown on 124 acres here. Priced from mandis across your state.
₹2.5 lakh–₹3.7 lakh
per acre a year, before costs
After typical costs: ₹2,000–₹1.2 lakh an acre a year
- Not known: No rain data
- Not known: No temperature data
- Needs care: Soil 6/10
Why, and how to make it work Hide details
Water
No rain and temperature records here yet to work this out.
Temperature
Grows best at 20–29 °C on average, and survives 10–35 °C.
No temperature records here yet.
Soil
Soil for Tapioca (Cassava): 6 out of 10 (okay).
- The pH here suits it.
- Many fields here are short of nitrogen, which it needs a lot.
- Many fields here are short of potassium, which it needs a lot.
- Most fields here are short of phosphorus.
Likes pH 5.5–8.0.
How the soil score worksMoney
Yield: about 51 quintals an acre, the typical figure in your state (your district's own figure looked wrong).
Mandi price through the year (March–May 2026): about ₹6,000 a quintal across mandis in your state.
This week: about ₹3,500 a quintal, the middle of 70 mandis across India (latest 13 Nov). At that price an acre would lose about ₹65,000 a year at typical costs.
Prices are usually best in March.
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.
How to make it work
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Short of nitrogen Your soil is likely short of nitrogen.
Add about a quarter more urea than the usual dose, in two or three splits. A pulse crop in rotation also adds nitrogen.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of phosphorus Your soil is likely short of phosphorus.
Add about a quarter more DAP or single super phosphate than the usual dose, at sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of potassium Your soil is likely short of potassium.
Add about a quarter more potash (MOP) than the usual dose.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of organic carbon Your soil is likely short of organic carbon.
Add 4 tonnes of compost or farmyard manure per acre before sowing, and plough crop leftovers back in instead of burning them.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.
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Short of sulphur Your soil is likely short of sulphur.
Use single super phosphate instead of DAP, or add about 100 kg of gypsum per acre before sowing.
Ask your Krishi Vigyan Kendra what to add for this crop.