Slash and burn agriculture includes cutting down a forest or field, and burning the remains. This creates a compost that fertilizes the ground so they can grow crops. Other crops include coffee, cocoa and peanuts. Grain produces foods such as flat breads and couscous made of grains of wheat. Couscous, a rice like substance, can be served steamed with spicy foods and vegetables, and possibly pieces of meat if the family can afford it.
Farmers can grow crops in parts of the wetter savanna.
They can grow grains, beans, cassava, and sweet potatoes. These crops are grown during the rainy season because as everyone knows, plants need water to grow. Plants can be grown year round along rivers where there is irrigation. Sixty percent of Africa is farmland and three fourths of Farmers are involved in subsistence farming and agriculture. Subsistence farming is harvesting just enough to feed your family.