The soils within the archdiocese are generally fertile.  Most of the food grown in the plains area is for subsist-ence, as follows:  cereals (maize, finger millet, sorghum, and rice.), legumes/pulses (groundnuts, soybeans, cowpeas, and green beans), oil crops (simsim and sunflower); root crops (sweet potatoes, cassava, yams, and bananas), and other vegetables and fruits, some of which are exotic and indigenous.  Cotton is the only cash crop grown.

In the mountainous areas, bananas, beans, field peas, potatoes, and maize are grown, as well as a wide range of exotic and indigenous fruits and vegetables.  Coffee (Arabica) is the main cash crop.

The raising of animals is generally confined to the plains area.  In many homes in the plains, the care of the cattle is the main enterprise of the men.  They also maintain small livestock (goats, sheep, pigs, rabbits, and poultry) on a somewhat marginal basis.