 A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 16.5% is arable or cultivable (4.24% was in annual crops), 50% pasture, 28.3% forest, and the remaining 5.2% is considered swampy, mountainous or otherwise unusable.Wheat, teff and corn are important crops.Although coffee is an important cash crop, less than 2,000 hectares are planted with it.