[5] Agriculture, which is mostly at the subsistence level, practiced along rivers, swamps and lakes near the villages, covers cultivation of rice, cassava, millet, maize, sweet potatoes, beans and coconuts.

Along the Messalo River, alluvial grasslands offer fertile soils that have moisture retaining potential in the dry season.

In general, the coastal belt, which subsumes the Messalo estuary (the hot spot of biodiversity), has rich marine vegetation, apart from mangroves, such as sea grass meadows.

[5] The wild life, in the mostly uncharted region of the coastal zone, includes marine wildlife comprising turtles and dugongs in large numbers.

Elephants, black rhinoceros, impala, zebra, Lichtenstein's hartebeest, wildebeest, cheetah and reedbuck, though reported in the past, await reconfirmation.

White lime or building material is produced by using specific varieties of gastropods (Chicoreus ramosus, Fasciolaria trapezium).