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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Greener pastures: How Indian pastoralists are being aided to return to their traditional livelihood -Shagun

Greener pastures: How Indian pastoralists are being aided to return to their traditional livelihood -Shagun

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published Published on Oct 4, 2022   modified Modified on Oct 5, 2022

-Down to Earth

Change is taking place in the way the Centre and state governments look at pastoralism; the belief that livestock management is done better in stable conditions is changing

The opening up of India’s first camel dairy at Nakhatrana taluka in Gujarat’s Kutch district in 2018 helped Mura Mangal resume pastoralism.

“In 2006, we had some goats, but it was getting difficult to earn enough money. So I took up a driving job to feed my family. But I hated it and it was taking a toll on my health. When the dairy was set up, I took the decision to buy three camels,” Mangal, who belongs to the Rebari pastoral community, found in scattered colonies across Gujarat and Rajasthan, said.

In the past four years, Mangal has increased his camel stock to 50 and today earns Rs 60,000 a month from selling camel milk to the dairy. He was earning Rs 8,000 a month as a truck driver.

Mangal said the utility of camels had reduced substantially after tempos reached the village. This is the reason, most of the community shifted to other livestock or quit pastorialism altogether.

The decision to set up Sarahad cooperative dairy has for the first time created a sustained demand for camel milk. But this transition has not been easy.

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Down to Earth, 4 October, 2022, https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/environment/greener-pastures-how-indian-pastoralists-are-being-aided-to-return-to-their-traditional-livelihood-85231


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