Good shepherds – and successful livestock keepers – are highly mobile

Jan 01, 2013

We – Hanwant Singh (director of LPPS), Raika leader Dayalibai, and I – just returned from a visit to a group of migrating shepherds  – locally referred to as dang – which had set up their temporary camp somewhere between Udaipur and Chittorgarh (in southern Rajasthan).  It was an enlightening experience and a lesson in sustainable, eco-friendly animal husbandry that is quite profitable to boot. Continue reading