Editing Buryats (section)

===Subsistence===
Traditionally, the Buryats were semi-nomadic [[Pastoralism|pastoralists]]. Buryat nomads tended [[Herding|herds]] of [[cattle]], [[sheep]], [[goat]]s, and [[Bactrian camel|camels]].<ref name=":03"/> Buryats also relied greatly on local resources to supplement their diets. Following colonization by Russia, pastoralism was gradually replaced by agriculture. The Buryat of today are largely agrarian but most in rural areas still focus on raising [[livestock]] as their main way of surviving.

The Buryats located in Siberia are still largely focused on raising livestock due to the shortness of the growing season. They focus on the raising of dairy cattle and the growing of berries to sustain most of their diet. There are also some communities that farm various types of trees and cash crops such as wheat and rye.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web|url=http://jsbednet.com/vol-2-no-3-4-december-2014-abstract-7-jsbed|title=Family Farming in Russian Regions, Small-Scale Agriculture and Food Supporting Russia's Food Self-Sufficiency : Journal of Small Business and Entrepreneurship Development|website=jsbednet.com|access-date=2019-10-15|archive-date=2019-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223134308/http://jsbednet.com/vol-2-no-3-4-december-2014-abstract-7-jsbed|url-status=dead}}</ref> On the slopes of the [[Sayan Mountains|Sayan]] and [[Altai Mountains|Altai]] Mountains, there are communities whose way of life is breeding [[reindeer]].<ref name=":03"/>

Mongolian Buryats are farmers as well but are typically semi-settled. They build sheds and fences to keep livestock contained and use hay as their main source of food for the livestock.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hürelbaatar |first1=A. |title=An Introduction to the History and Religion of the Buryat Mongols of Shinehen in China |journal=Inner Asia |date=2000 |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=73–116 |doi=10.1163/146481700793647931 |jstor=23615472 }}</ref> However, the Buryats located in Buryatia are more focused on the agriculture aspect of farming and not the livestock raising aspect.