The crop is either grown in irrigation schemes, low land or rainfed. The schemes are underutilized due to various reasons such as low patronage and labour constraints. However, it is an important cash earner where it is grown and forms part of the staple food in the urban centers
Mbewuyi imalimidwa ku mimda ya mthilira, malo otsika kapena ndi mvula. Minda yamthilira imagwiritsidwa ntchito mochepa pazifukwa zosiyanasiyana monga kuchepa kwa anthu ogwiritsa ntchito komanso kuchepa kw aogwira ntchito. Komabe ndi mbewu yobweretsa chuma kumadera omwe imalimidwa ndipo ndi mbali imodzi ya chakudya chodalirika mmadera a mmizinda