COVID-19 Impact: Nepal unlikely to become self-reliant on fish, meat and milk

KATHMANDU: The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to adversely impact Nepal’s aim to become self reliant on fish, meat and milk.

Presenting a paper in the ongoing Second NRN Global Knowledge Convention organized by Non-Resident Nepalis Association (NRNA), Director at Livestock Department, Banshi Sharma, said although Nepal was about to meet the target of becoming self-reliant on fish, meat and milk, the COVID-19 has badly impacted of late. In the country’s GDP, the livestock sector has 13 percent contribution and 60 percent of the farmers have involved in livestock in Nepal, he added.