Veterinary Center to Launch Buffalo Farming Program Across Nine Local Levels in Kailali

Kailali. The Veterinary Hospital and Animal Service Expert Center is set to launch a buffalo farming program in nine local levels of the district to improve livelihoods.

Chandra Kant Pant, Chief of the Veterinary Hospital and Animal Service Expert Center, Kailali, informed that the program will commence next month in Dhangadhi Sub-Metropolitan City, Godawari Municipality, Gauriganga Municipality, Tikapur Municipality, Lamkichuha Municipality, Joshipur Rural Municipality, Bardagoriya Rural Municipality, Janaki Rural Municipality, and Mohanial Rural Municipality of the district.

He informed that the budget allocated for operating this program is NPR 22.5 million. The program is being launched with the objectives of promoting buffalo farming, producing healthy calves, exporting milk and meat, motivating youth towards buffalo farming, and increasing the income of buffalo-rearing farmers.

He stated, "The objective of the program is to increase the production of buffalo-rearing farmers and support their livelihoods. Small farmers will also benefit from this program."

Under the program, farmers will receive subsidies for purchasing mother buffaloes for calf production, establishing community animal breeding centers, constructing and improving sheds, and feed management. To receive the subsidy, farmers must be part of a farmer group or women's farmer group and must be rearing at least 10 buffaloes within the group.