In 2003, when Hungund taluk in the Bagalkot district of Karnataka was hit by a severe drought, farmers did not have to buy food grain from the market. Nearly 90 per cent of them had built bunds and conserved topsoil using traditional techniques of drought-proofing which have their roots in this district. Three generations of the Nagaral family have diligently and magnanimously educated farmers in an ancient method of drought-proofing. They are the repositories of this knowledge, which they not only willingly share with farmers but propagate innovatively.