The city is surrounded by agricultural land: 25 hectares for vegetable cultivation, 21 hectares for
grain, and 10 hectares for
date palms (2017). It is said that only a quarter of the
potential is being exploited. The
veterinary office of the province of
Illizi recorded 50 camel owners with a total of 3,312 camels in the municipality of Bordj Omar Driss for the year 2020. In a study on camel husbandry in this municipality, 22 of these camel owners were surveyed the following year. The author writes that the main activity is family-run
livestock farming, with small livestock (sheep and goats) and, above all, extensive
breeding of
dromedaries. About three-quarters of them are breeders who keep the animals until they are fattened, while the others are breeders and fatteners. While camel milk is used for young animals and personal consumption, the animals are sold to supply meat to the population. Those who do not keep small livestock in addition to camel breeding work as municipal employees or traders. Three-quarters of camel owners live as
sedentary people in the city or a village and have their herds looked after by shepherds. The others live as semi-
nomads, traveling with their camels to different grazing areas from September to March. The animals are not tended during the remaining months. The other members of their families live in permanent homes. The age distribution of the respondents was fairly even, so there is no shortage of young people entering the animal husbandry profession. ==Transportation==