it's harvest time in the southeastern part of india's rajasthan state.armers are cutting mustard plants -- one of the few crops that grow on such dry lands. for mohan chaudhary and his family, mustard plants mean financial security. >> we're now harvesting mustard that we sowed some four months ago. we sell the kernels and bring what's left to the power plant. >> the mustard needs to dry for a week before it can be threshed. harvest waste -- mostly husks and stalks -- are loaded onto trucks. not too long ago, famers used to burn the waste in their fields. today, they sell it to anand chopra, the manager of an indian power company. six years ago, he helped build a biomass plant. the seeds of the mustard plant are processed into cooking oil. but the rest is used here. chopra will need a lot of farm waste to cover anticipated demand over the coming months. we are buying agrowaste, so that we can generate power. the quality of power should be good, there should be good quantity of power available. and it should generate employment here in this area. >> this