On many slopes the soil is so highly eroded that even when rain falls, it can retain only a small amount of moisture.

[2] Nine of the 16 peasant associations in Atsbi Wenberta have an elevation of 2600 meters or higher, and are planted in barley, wheat, pulses like faba beans, and small ruminants like sheep are raised.

The other seven peasant associations have an elevation below 2600 meters and are planted in teff, wheat, and barley, and both livestock and apiculture are cultivated; 6729 bee colonies are reported in this woreda.

A major cash crop are faba beans, and Atsi Wenbarta is an important supplier of sheep and goats for meat to the nearby towns of Wukro, Adigrat, and the city of Mekelle.

Local shifta (or brigands) are said to have joined the EPRP and robbed woreda inhabitants, using the political organization as a cover.

The Derg then organized the local people against these shifta, which resulted with one killed, one fleeing to the Afar Depression, and four being executed.

[2] Atsbi Wenberta was one of nine woredas in Tigray most affected by a drought during 2008, requiring emergency food supplies requested for an estimated 600,000 people.

Any body who flew to Atsbi Wenberta, he/she definitely get astonished by the number of dancing styles available on the wereda like Hura-Seleste, Gumaye, Tegomtsets, Tilhit, etc.

It is a type of dancing with an intricate foot work in which the entitled youngsters or men can play on a circular pattern after single Hura song.

Tihilo ጥሕሎ "ጥሕሎ ንልቢ የጥልሎ" , Gogo ወይ ሕምባሻ, Kitcha bMear, Siwa (beer) ዱቃ, and Mies ሜስየ ሜስየ ናይ ወልዱ እያ ናይ ሱባጋድስየ (Tej Honey-wine) are the popular foods and drinks.

Youths of Atsbi Wenberta make a special thin, decorated with evenly roasted stick called the Birbir.

[8] There are also several churches which were originally built in Aksumite times; these include Mikael Debre Selam and Zarema Giyorgis located northwest of Atsbi.

[1] A sample enumeration performed by the CSA in 2001 interviewed 21,729 farmers in this woreda, who held an average of 0.46 hectares of land.