now i can feed my family with what i earn selling camel milk. the organization stopped selling milk tomorrow, i'd have to sell the herd again. reporter: last year he even bought more camels, doubling his herd's milk production. the dairy has also turned around tolaram raika's fortunes. when he was a boy, his family sent him to the city to earn a living. he spent 15 years toiling in restaurants, hotels, and teashops. tolaram: i worked in the city for years, and for less money than i'm earning here. i started in the dairy twowo months ago. i know a lot about camel milk. i'm very happy working here. i hope the dairy continues to do well. reporter: camels have a varied diet, eating 36 different types of plants known for their medicinal properties. so their milk is believed to haha many healalth benefits. but t for now, the camel charia micro-dairy still isn't selling as much as it could. it's operating at just a third of its capacity. it needs more buyers. ilse: at the moment we have only about six families supplying us. but ththere's a huge amount