Most families possess no more than a quarter or a half hectare of land where maize, millet and some potatoes and beans and a few other vegetables are grown. Only a few own sheep. The average size of the family is five. The land cannot support the family throughout the year. When food supply runs low some money is earned by portering or by selling Allo products, wool or livestock. The Rai are descendants of the ancient Kirati’s, the indigenous people of Nepal.
