 A sample enumeration performed by the CSA in 2001 interviewed 3036 farmers in this woreda, who held an average of 1.78 hectares of land.Of the 5.39 square kilometers of private land surveyed, 71.59% was under cultivation, 1.22% pasture, 31.06% fallow, and 4.54% was devoted to other uses; the percentage in woodland was missing.For the land under cultivation in this woreda, 66.21% is planted in cereals like maize; none of the land was planted in pulses and vegetables, but 9 hectares was planted in fruit trees, 0.81 hectares in bananas and 0.41 in guavas.