Subsistence farming is the sole source of income and consumption for the people of the Awate Traditional Area. Therefore, for consumption and revenue generation, the Awate Traditional Area residents rely primarily on subsistence farming.
Since their settlement in the traditional area hundreds of years ago, they have used the same farming system. Outdated farming tools such as machete (cutlass), hoes, and pickaxes have not changed. It has become very burdensome to most of the elderly population who are the farmers to continue to depend on such methods of brute force clearing and tilling of land during each farming season.
Although the people of this community are hardworking, the continuous use of outdated farming methods has become a significant challenge for sustainable food production. Since there are no sources of employment available in the community, most youths who can help their parents also leave the traditional area searching for employment opportunities elsewhere. Nonetheless, those who remain in the community with no means of traveling find it challenging to produce enough farm products to earn a decent living. As a result, the faster means of making an equivalent of $50 is cutting down many trees for charcoal production. This action caused the traditional area to further increase food insecurity and poverty due to the depletion of forest trees, drying water bodies, and infertility of the available land.
Equipment Needed To Achieve Tthe Goal Of Food Production:
