AGRICULTURE

Agriculture is the mainstay of the district as majority of the people are engage in agriculture. Out of 5,214 households in the district, about 97 percent are engaged in agriculture with majority (98.6%) into crop farming whiles the least (1.1%) are into fish farming (PHG 2021). Livestock rearing constitutes the second largest (75.1%) agricultural activity in the district with a total livestock population of 153, 297 animals. Along the river valleys of the White Volta are large stretches of arable land, good for cultivation of rice and cereals on a commercial scale.

This presents opportunities to do dry season farming. Crops such as millet, beans, maize, rice and groundnuts are cultivated throughout the district. Sheanut is harvested from the shea tree which grows wildly in the district for shea butter processing. The vast land in the district also provides the opportunity for increased livestock production in the district.