The land should be ploughed twice. Ploughing deep helps break the soil and the tapioca cuttings can easily survive and grow. It also helps to destroy weed in the field. The best time for ploughing is a few days after the rainfall. This will keep the soil moisture in the ground, and the tapioca can still grow over the dry season.

         For planting tapioca in the rainy season, it is recommended to construct ridges.  The land can then easily be drained, without much damage to the tapioca cuttings planted. Weeding can be done by hand between the ridges, to be followed by spraying weedicides such as Grammoxone. The height of the ridges can keep the weedicide away from the tapioca plants. Paraquat (or Gramoxone) may also be used. In slope land, ridges should be constructed against the water flow. This is important in reducing  soil erosion and increasing tapioca yield.