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Agriculture is one of the important means of livelihood and occupation of the people of the village. Which contributes the 70% of the village income employing more than 65% of laborforce.
The village has a plain area, while soil and temperature are suitable for agricultural practices with availability of water in the village.
AGRICULTURAL METHOD
In agriculture ten years before old techniques of ploughing were practised with wooden plough and a pair of bullocks. But now tractors are used for this purpose. These are almost two tractors in Hussaini. The crude method of harvesting the crops is still in practice. The use of sickle is being practiced most commonly. In the past animals were used for thrashing, but now a days thrashers is used for thrashing of wheat and barley. There are two thrashers belonging to the villagers themselves, while the rest comes from out side of the village.
IRRIGATION SYSTEM
Nature has gifted Hussaini by two important glaciers namely Hussaini and Zarabod. In Hussaini for irrigation purposes, people have to work hard daily on glacier, otherwise they can't get water for irrigation and drinking too.
There are five channels, taken out from the glacier. These channels are repaired and cleaned once in a year in the spring season by the villagers. Following are the channels of irrigation in Hussaini.
In local language "Yishoon" is the amount of water sufficient to irrigate a certain piece of land. The volume of water in Hussaini depends on the duty of people. The farmers also have to face the shortage of water when the temperature is low and glaciers have not melted.
On the other side Zarabod has a unique irrigation system, four or five farmers (Diqunishth) are responsible to irrigate the all sort of crops, such as wheat, potato and fodder crops. During their tenure, nobody has allowed to irrigate their own lands. Every householder has to perform his duty there every ten to fifteen years later. They perform their duty for four months tenure (May - September). The water originated by Parigoz glacier is shared by two villages Zarabod and Khuramabad (Passu). The stream irrigates the lands on alternate days. The stream water is not sufficient for the irrigation of these two villages. An area larger than the irrigated land of Zarabod is barren due to shortage of water.
Wheat has remained the staple crop in Hussaini for long time, but now-a-days potato has taken its position. In Zarabod it is also the main crop. It accounts only 10% of the total cropped area in Hussaini. When potato was introduced in the area, the cultivation of wheat is decreasing gradually. Wheat prefers mild temperature and 2" of rainfall. At the time of ripening and harvesting the temperature should be above 570 F. Such type of condition prevails in the area. In Hussaini it is sown in April and is harvested in August.
Potato is the most important and single cash crop of Hussaini and the entire Hunza Valley. The Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) encourages the cultivation of potato in Hunza. Due to this encouragement normally each household has devoted most of their land for potato cultivation. Because of its continuous cultivation for many years, its production is decreasing annually. In potato production and quality Hussaini is one of the important village in Hunza Valley.
HORTICULTURE
This is also an important source of income and includes fruit growing and vegetable production. The environmental factors like soil, climate and water all have contributed their best for making the area suitable for horticulture. Several kinds of fruit trees are planted here. Most important fruit trees grown in the area are apples, apricot, pears, mulberry, etc. their acreage is increasing every year.
In Hussaini every household has his own small or large orchard, previously the farmers did not give much attention to scientific aspects of planting trees. But now a days these orchards are being developed under the guidance of agricultural experts and more than hundreds have been developed on scientific basis. Moreover considerable new area is brought under orchards every year. In view of its grains, obtained from horticulture, the farmers are now giving preference to horticulture as compared to food crops. It is hoped that in future forty to forty five percent of cultivable land will under the fruit trees. In short it has a bright future.
It is worth mentioning that AKRSP has played an important role to promote interest among the farmers for development of horticulture in the region
