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2. Socioeconomic Economic Conditions
1.
 | Population
 | The urban dwellers account for more than 60%. |
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2.
| Natural Resource Bases
| Agricultural Sector |
| Land Use Patterns |
| Arable Land 53% |
| Grazing Land 21% |
| For infrastructure development and settlement 26% |
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3.
| Crop Production
| 85% of the farmland is usually covered by annual crops while the share
of the permanent crop is 15% only. |
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4.
| Major annual Crops
| Cereals (Sorghum, Maize, Millet, Barely) |
| Oil seeds (Ground nut, Sesame, Lintels) |
| Vegetable (Potatoes, Onion, Garlic Peppers, Cabbage, etc.) |
| Others (Spices, Ginger, Safflower) |
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5.
| Other Major agricultural products
| Coffee, Chat, Citrus fruits, Banana, Mango, Sugarcane and others. |
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6.
| Livestock Production
| Sheep 24,000 |
| Goat 8,000 |
| Cattle 49,000 |
| Camel 2,500 |
| Equines 9,685 |
| Poultry 59,000 |
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7.
| Mining and Mineral resources
| Non metallic mineral resources |
| ndustrial Mineral (Raw material for cement, lime ceramics, glass
production) and Cobalt Nicker, etc. |
| Construction mineral such as marble, granite, dolomite, clay, sand and
etc. |
| Gemstone: like garnet and tourmaline quartz pyrite. |
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8.
| Manufacturing Handicrafts
| Graft works: such as wavering, silver and gold smiting, basketry,
tannery, and pottery. |
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9.
| Manufacturing Industries
| Large Industries and private owned small and medium size industries. |
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