The village is situated on a plateau with good pasturage, and its economy is based on cattle raising and extensive mixed farming of sorghum, corn (maize), and beans.
Mixed farming of millet and rice was also evident in central north China at several unearthed sites.
Archaeobotany study of the Baligang site in north central China revealed mixed farming of rice and two kinds of millet (Weisskopf et al. 2015).
Agro-ecological zones IL5 and IL6 are characterized by marginal mixed farming of livestock and drought-tolerant crops (millet and green gram).
For instance, early mixed farming of millet and rice 7800 years ago (Peiligang Culture) was discovered in the middle Yellow River Region (Zhang et al. 2012); rice, broomcorn millet and foxtail millet were present.
Mixed farming of swine with chickens or ducks was observed in 36% of all farms.
In Ethiopia, mixed farming of cattle and goats is a common practice.
Mixed farming of chicken and duck and or geese with chickens and minor poultry will be permanently banned in the backyards.
This mixed farming of small and large ruminants is especially a risk to goats in countries like Ethiopia where bovine TB is endemic [ 13] and reports have shown a prevalence of bovine TB ranging from 3.4% in small holder production systems to 50% in intensive dairy production systems [ 14- 17].
