Most of the good cultivated land in this area is owned by absentee landlords and is worked by the people of the area who may also hold a little land of their own. Many people are employed in field work, the preparation of the soil, planting, weeding and harvesting of the crops. Because this is an area of low rainfall this work is only available during the growing season following the rains, there is little field work during the dry summer season and in drought years people often migrate to find work.
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