They cultivate the field for a year and leave it fallow for 6 to 10 years. Women do most of the work on this garden. Domestic animals are eaten during ritual ceremonies and used for social exchanges. The Wana only have fowl, the Tobaku fowl and pigs, the West-Toradja buffaloes, dogs, fowl, goats, sheep, horses, and the Gorontalo cattle and horses. Diet is based on rice plus the produce of the swidden plots.
Wild foodstuffs provide condiments and side dishes.
The mountain populations are self-sufficient and only buy salt which they do not use much. The wealthier people buy cooking oil and dried fish from the coast. Their present situation There are numerous problems in matters of health . There is a health centre for the Wana where medical care is available at a low price with government subsidies. These groups are mingled with the coastal populations.