It is a bird of dry open savanna, semi-desert, arid scrub and cereal cultivation.

Forest clearances were undertaken to provide room for cereal cultivation and animal herds.

Seedbed preparation and sowing procedure are done in a similar manner and with the same machinery as for cereal cultivation.

The back country is a plain, favourable to cereal cultivation and dairy cattle.

This species has become closely associated with regularly irrigated agricultural areas (especially cereal cultivation) due to its accessibility to drinking water.

Further climatic deterioration is thought to have brought about cereal cultivation.

This area lends itself nicely to wine growing and cereal cultivation.

Maize accounts for 49% of total domestic cereal cultivation, and rice accounts for 43%.

There is a coverage of about 30% woods and some cereal cultivation and the breeding of Charolais cattle.

These were generally considered lands that were not adequate for cereal cultivation, but where vineyards flourished.