Editing West Timor (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Rice field South Central Timor.jpg|thumb|An arid ricefield in [[South Central Timor Regency]]]]
The alternation of dry and rainy seasons shapes the agricultural rhythm and social life of the widely dispersed farming communities of the populations of West Timor. West Timor has an average unemployment rate of 2.39%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311235703|title=MODULE THE AUDIO VISUAL DOCUMENTATION OF TRADITIONAL STAPLE FOOD FROM WEST TIMOR: HISTORY, NUTRITION FACTS, PREPARATION, AND PRESENTATION|last=Sooai|first=Adri Gabriel|date=April 2016}}</ref> 30% of the population lived below the poverty line in 1998; as of 2012, it remained at 30%.  The economy is mainly agricultural, using [[slash-and-burn]] methods to produce corn, rice, coffee, copra and fruit. Some timber harvesting is undertaken, producing eucalyptus, sandalwood, teak, bamboo and rosewood. An essential factor for the agriculture of these crops is the relationship between the duration and amount of rainfall, i.e. the duration of the drought is decisive for the cultivation of food crops; depending on the region, this can last up to nine months per year. For this reason, the most significant risk factor for agriculture is a lack of continuity in rainfall: Agriculture is a competition with the behaviour of the [[monsoon]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Manu |first=Arnold E. |date=2013 |title=PRODUKTIVITAS PADANG PENGGEMBALAAN SABANA TIMOR BARAT |url=https://ojs.unud.ac.id/index.php/pastura/article/view/9052 |journal=Pastura |language=id |volume=3 |issue=1 |doi=10.24843/Pastura.2013.v03.i01.p07 |doi-broken-date=1 November 2024 |issn=2549-8444}}</ref>