Rising temperatures due to climate change no longer spoil camel-milk income for herders in India’s Thar DesertJaisalmer — The sun used to be a source of trouble for Indian camel herder Bhanwar Raika — but these days it is boosting his income, even as climate change brings ever hotter temperatures.
As a result, Raika’s monthly income has more than quadrupled over the last year, to about 50,000 rupees . About 80% of the project’s funding came from groups such as the India-based Selco Foundation, which promotes energy access, and the World Wildlife Fund , which is supporting the global transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy.
“It is basically a win–win situation, where the remote rural communities with their growing access to clean energy for livelihood generation are ideally becoming an integral part of India’s march to green energy transition,” said Singh, head of global political strategy for the worldwide coalition of NGOs.Most of India’s camels are in Rajasthan, and represent a key part of the indigenous Raika pastoralists’ cultural identity.
Each morning, groups of youths take milk-filled steel cans from households to the collection centres, where others — who have received training — test the milk for purity and quality before storing it in the solar-powered chilling units. On average, young people like Raika earn about 15,000 rupees monthly, according to Kumawat of Urmul.
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