How do you save desi or indigenous cows from extinction? Just make it profitable to rear them. It is really that simple.
For years desi cows have been losing out to crossbred varieties because they produce less milk. Farmers simply do not see them as a worthwhile investment. As a result, the number of these cows has been dwindling.
Well-intentioned efforts since the 1980s to conserve the desi cow invariably hit a roadblock when it came to the question of profitability. A farmer needed to get a decent income from his cow and. . .