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.
在過去兩、三世代，切彭人已開始慢慢地從半游耕（刀耕火種）的生活方式轉向更加安定的生活方式，越來越依賴於永久性的玉米，小米和香蕉的種植。