Local farmers sell their possible surplus of the crops and this way get some money for the family. The distance between Lawra and Babile is about 17 kilometres. Both market areas are in close interaction with Burkina Faso. People from Burkina Faso come to Ghana to buy for example groundnuts, rice, cowbeans and malt. Ghanaians on the other hand buy for example milk and onions from Burkina Faso.
People leave for the market early when the sun is rising and come back late in the evening.
Often the distance can be long. The journey is made by foot, by bike or sometimes even by lorry. Also eggs, white bread, spices and dried fish can be found in this section. Cereals, tubers, beans and nuts are sold in one section. These products include for instance rice, maize, sorghum, millet, yam, cassava, sweet potato, cowbean, black-eyebean and groundnuts.