The district is potential for agriculture and livestock-rearing activities. About 84% of the district populations are drawn in subsistence farming. The main food crops include maize, sorghum, rice and potatoes, while the main cash crop is cotton. Agriculture is the main contributor to the economy of the town and district. Cotton is the main cash crop grown all over. Rice and maize that are both cash and food crops are mainly grown in. Most farmers in the district cultivate the land using animal pulled ploughs and hand hoes; only a few make use of Power tillers and tractors. They use animal – pulled carts to carry their farm products and implements from field to their respective storage areas.
The use of ox and donkey ploughs to till the land is now becoming popular with the introduction of ploughs and more recently the ridges and planters, a striking example is in 2007 when the district had ploughs, ridges harrows, and tractors.
