Agriculture

Mornings are at the farm before anything else. With my family I run a farm in Aau that raises livestock and vegetables and gives work to people in our community. I started a goat farm in 2007, because livestock is part of everyday life in the Thar and goat farming supports many families across Rajasthan.

Beyond our own fields, I work on water harvesting, village electrification and food-grain production. In the desert, saving and storing water matters as much as growing anything, and small improvements to a village’s water or power can change what its farmers are able to do.

That experience led to Goat India, a free resource for goat farmers with profiles of 38 Indian and exotic breeds, practical guides on feeding, housing, breeding and health, and calculators for farm costs, feed, loans and subsidies.

Here I write about desert farming, livestock, tree planting and the work of making the land more productive for the next generation.