The population lives essentially from crop farming, supplemented with off-season work in nearby towns.
The land is dominated by farmlands which are clearly demarcated and are cropped every year.
Hence the agricultural system is a permanent upland farming system.
The farmers have adapted their cropping systems to the spatio-temporal variability in rainfall.

Especially the youngsters will go to the deep gorges of Giba and Zeyi rivers, near Kemishana, to harvest incense from Boswellia papyrifera trees.
The population lives essentially from crop farming, supplemented with off-season work in nearby towns. The land is dominated by farmlands which are clearly demarcated and are cropped every year. Hence the agricultural system is a permanent upland farming system. The farmers have adapted their cropping systems to the spatio-temporal variability in rainfall.
Especially the youngsters will go to the deep gorges of Giba and Zeyi rivers, near Kemishana, to harvest incense from Boswellia papyrifera trees.
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