A group of school girls we came across

Today we visited several groups of women farmers.  There have been several types of cooperative groups deployed in the agriculture and dairy industries in India, and this is one of the things we're looking into as a potential recommendation for ABT.  Countries like New Zealand and Israel are particularly successful examples of this, and we're doing a lot of research into these and other similar models.  These are marginal farmers, with roughly 2-3 cows each, and struggling to grow green fodder and buy concentrate for their animals.  They're highly dependent on loans to purchase their cows, and really live a very hard life.  These groups are the target beneficiaries of our efforts here, and for good reason.

Wherever we went in these small villages we seem to attract an audience...  it starts small, and one by one, we'll have an entire entourage.

Some of the women farmers we spoke with