The area where baobabs are found is usually very arid and the climate not easy to grow crops in. Many of the harvesters with whom I work have fields around their villages where they do dry-land cropping for food and to supplement income. Dry-land cropping means that there is no irrigated water to the fields and they have to rely on rainfall. The best grain crops to survive these conditions are sorghum and millet. Even these crops often fail, but this year has been an exception with excellent rainfall through the area. It was rare to see the fields around the villages so green and lush.
