Chiyo (nge. grain) zviyo pahuwandu, imbeu yakaoma idiki, inogona kuva kana kusava ne besva (hull) yakabatirira kana hwada ye muchero - inokororwa kuti vanhu ne mhuka dzidhle. Chirimwa che chiyo idzinde rinobara chiyo. Mhando mbiri dze zvirimwa zve chiyo che-commercial isiriyawu ne nyemba. Vamwe vatauri vanodana zviyo kuti mhuuze,
Mushure mekukororwa, zviyo zvakaoma zvakasimba kudarika zvikafu zviri staple, senge michero ye stachi (planteni, musherisheri (breafruit) uye nezvimwe) uye matubheri (tubers) (mbambaira, mufarinya uye zvimwe wo). Kusimba uku kunoita kuti zviyo zviite muhushangazhi we hurimi (agrikalcha), nekuda kwekuti zvinogona kukororwa ne mushina, nekutakurwa ne njanji kana ngarawa, nokuchengetwa nguva dzakareba munhungu (silo kwete shack), uye kugayiwa kuita furawa kana kuitwa mafuta. Nekuda kwazvo, musika we chiyo ikomodhiti yekakura pasirose inosanganisa zvirimwa senge chibage, mupunga, soya, gorosi kana zvimwe zviyo.