ABSTRACT
Umor is called Ugep by the riverside peoples and is so named on maps and for administrative purposes. The village itself lies 7 miles east of the Cross River and, although only 70 miles north of Calabar in a direct line, is about 120 miles away by river. The people of Umor are yam growers; practically every household is a farming unit and the sequence of agricultural tasks and rewards dominates the economic life of the village. The sharp seasonality of rainfall and the moderate natural fertility of the soil are clearly reflected in the agricultural cycle. The farm lands in Umor are held by adult men individually and a man of middle age have established and recognized rights to half a dozen sets of plots. Only one-fifth of the aggregate area is however cultivated in any one year while the rest remains in bush.
