Until the development of cotton cultivation the Sukuma engaged chiefly in subsistence cropping. although they produced a good many cattle for sale at a fairly early-period.
‘गाईपालन गरेका कृषकलाई कार्यालयले बेलाबेलामा अनुदान दिँदै आएको छ उनले भने, त्यसले गर्दा किसानलाई उच्च मनोबल मिलेको छ ।