La fundamental economic base is agriculture, especially dry, which is grown on a fallow grain, alternating wheat with rye, almonds and vines.
en.wikipedia.org In such cases, production usually falls to less than half of its estimated capacity and fertile land lies fallow due to neglect.
en.wikipedia.org In the past, farmers practiced field rotation, allowing land to lie fallow for two or three years.
en.wikipedia.org Of the 22,402 hectares of private land surveyed, 85.28% was in cultivation, 0.87% pasture, 10.78% fallow, 0.23% woodland, and 2.84% was devoted to other uses.
en.wikipedia.org Farming has struggled due to dry lands becoming fallow and the loss of variety of crop types such as cereals, pulses and oilseeds.
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