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.
विधि पु¥याएर च्याउ खेती गरे उल्लेख्य आम्दानी गर्न सकिने भएकोले पछिल्लो समय च्याउ खेती प्रति किसानको आकर्षण बढेको छ ।