Promote Animal Husbandry

As an agrarian nation, Nepal confronts a set of paradoxes. More than 62 per cent of total population has been involved in the agriculture occupation. Despite its impressive contribution to GDP and employment generation, the sector has been highly neglected when it comes to investment in it on the part of the state. This is a reason why youths are leaving the country in droves in search of better livelihood prospects abroad. Consequently, a vast swath of arable lands have remained fallow. Unable to retain the bulk of youths at home, the country is losing both financial and human resources at an alarming rate. This trend does not bode well for the country whose strength largely lies in harnessing the demographic dividend and agriculture potential.