Editing Chepang people (section)

== Livelihood ==
Over the past two or three generations, the Chepang have begun to slowly shift from a semi-nomadic ([[slash-and-burn]]) lifestyle to a more settled way of life, relying increasingly upon the production of permanent fields of maize, millet and bananas. The severe topography, however, has made permanent farming difficult (and usually insufficient), and the forest has remained an important (although decreasingly so) source of food for the Chepang. Historically, the collection of wild yams and tubers, fish caught from nearby rivers, bats and wild birds, and periodically wild deer hunted from nearby forests, have supplemented their need for [[carbohydrate]]s and [[protein]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandit|first=Bishnu Hari|date=July 2001|title=Non-Timber Forest Products on Shifting Cultivation Plots (Khoriya): A Means of Improving Livelihood of Chepang Rural Hill Tribe of Nepal|journal=Asia-Pacific Journal of Rural Development|volume=11|issue=1|pages=1–14|doi=10.1177/1018529120010101|issn=1018-5291|doi-access=free}}</ref>