Nepal is a landlocked country and can be split up into three regions: mountains, terai and hills (Rai et al., 2002). The agriculture and forestry sector is what most of the people work in, almost 70% of the population is involved in agriculture or forestry (USAID, 2016). Approximately 13% of the population in Nepal in undernourished, this is a result of agricultural production declining followed by poor rural economies (USAID, 2016). If the farmers gain access to modern farming technologies and become involved in the market then there will be more food produced to sustain the growing population (USAID, 2016).
Nepal’s developing milk production industry
Farmers have little herds, cows are mostly milked by hand and the market infrastructure is not very good especially when it comes to giving services and inputs for the Nepalese farmers to order to get the most inputs possible (Singh and Pundir, 2002). In the urban markets in Nepal the demand for dairy products has certainly increased in the past years and will continue to grow seeing as the income for many Nepalese is rising as well as the population of Nepal (FAO, 2008). There was a study done on farming in Nepal, which portrays about 75000 of the farmers in Nepal who market their milk after it is produced (Joshi D.D, 2001). The farmers are payed based on the quality of milk and receive their payment every 15 days (Joshi D.D, 2001). In Nepal, most of the milk production comes from buffalo and dairy cattle (Joshi D.D, 2001) and processed into various dairy products such as cheese and butter (FAO, 2008). Milk as well as milk commodities are a crucial point of the supply of protein in Nepalese diets (Joshi B.R., n.d.).
Nepal’s developing milk production industry
Farmers have little herds, cows are mostly milked by hand and the market infrastructure is not very good especially when it comes to giving services and inputs for the Nepalese farmers to order to get the most inputs possible (Singh and Pundir, 2002). In the urban markets in Nepal the demand for dairy products has certainly increased in the past years and will continue to grow seeing as the income for many Nepalese is rising as well as the population of Nepal (FAO, 2008). There was a study done on farming in Nepal, which portrays about 75000 of the farmers in Nepal who market their milk after it is produced (Joshi D.D, 2001). The farmers are payed based on the quality of milk and receive their payment every 15 days (Joshi D.D, 2001). In Nepal, most of the milk production comes from buffalo and dairy cattle (Joshi D.D, 2001) and processed into various dairy products such as cheese and butter (FAO, 2008). Milk as well as milk commodities are a crucial point of the supply of protein in Nepalese diets (Joshi B.R., n.d.).