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New Agriculturist: In pictures - End of the road for India's nomads?: Shifting to 'shoats'
 
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End of the road for India's nomads?

Shifting to 'shoats'
  • Pushed to the limit
  • Shifting to 'shoats'
  • Good to go
  • Camel care
  • Specialist knowledge
  • Threatened identity
  • Under pressure
  • Seeking a new way forward
  • Uncertain future

Shifting to 'shoats'

The Raika were the traditional caretakers of the camel herds belonging to the Maharajahs. Nowadays, camels are kept by a relatively small number of families; most practise sheep and goat husbandry.

picture credit: © Ellen Geerlings

 

 

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