Bikaner’s Cooperative Spinning Mills: The Thread Connecting Desert Farmers to Global Textile Markets
In the dusty outskirts of Bikaner district, a shepherd named Bhoma Ram shears wool from his flock of 120 Magra sheep every winter — and for decades, middlemen paid him barely ₹15-20 per kilogram for it. That changed when a cooperative spinning mill offered him ₹45 per kilogram, nearly triple the rate, and suddenly the … Read more