ADVANTAGES OF DAIRYING IN NEPAL

1. Dairying offers opportunity of getting income round the year.

2. Important human food. Milk is palatable, easy to digest and highly nutritious.

3. Milk, a nearly perfect food. It contains fat, mild sugar, proteins, minerals and liberal source of many vitamins. It is deficient in vitamin C and iron.

4. Milk as a protective and balanced food. Milk and its products are the only source of animal protein in vegetarian diet. Hence Nutrition Advisory Committee of ICMR recommended 283gms of milk/day/per capita to balance the diet for supply of essential amino acids.

5. Sources of draft power for various agricultural operations. Some of the excellent draft

breeds supply good quality bullocks-the source of draft power which brings savings in energy resources like petroleum products and coal.

6. Suited to agriculture operations. Due to small sized holdings of farmers all agricultural operations can best be completed by bullocks.

7. Provides organic manure which is the best means of maintaining soil fertility and organic farming.

8. Opportunity of making use of barren/unfertile land for housing of animals.

9. Dairying under Nepalese conditions fits well with agriculture as mixed farming and provides protective and balanced farming.

10. National income. Dairying contributes little more than 8per cent to the national income.

11. Offers opportunity of earning foreign exchange.

12. Offers opportunity of proper utilization of by-products and industrial wastes as cheaper source of feeds for animals.