Although it is almost self-sufficient in chicks, feed, eggs, and meat, it is dependent on imports for feed raw materials, medicines, vaccines, and tools and equipment.
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Poultry business in Nepal has a turnover of Rs 150 billion annually, businessmen have said. The businessmen concerned made this claim at a press conference organized by the Nepal Poultry Business Forum in Bharatpur to provide information about Poultry Day.
Forum Chairman Raghunath Bhatta claims that there is currently Rs 160 billion invested in the poultry business in Nepal. He said that this translates into an annual turnover of Rs 145 billion. On 17 Pus 2017, the then King Mahendra inaugurated the Central Hatchery in Parwanipur, Bara. Businessmen believe that modern poultry started in Nepal after that. National Poultry Day has been celebrated in Nepal on 17 Pus 2070. Businessmen say that there are more challenges in the poultry farming sector, which has been declining since Corona.
Before Corona, there were 14 hatcheries in Nepal that produced layer chicken chicks for eggs. Now, there are seven. Bhatta also said that the number of hatcheries producing broiler chickens for meat has dropped from 340 to 109. Before the coronavirus, there were more than 200 feed industries, but now they have shrunk to 115.
Although Nepal is almost self-sufficient in chicks, feed, chicken eggs and meat, feed raw materials, medicines, vaccines and tools and equipment are mostly imported. Bhatta said that 45 billion rupees are being spent on importing raw materials and other items required for the poultry business. He said that up to 70 percent of feed raw materials are imported. He said that 90 percent of medicines and 95 percent of vaccines and tools and equipment are being imported.
Earlier, maize was also mostly imported, says Umesh Chandra Sapkota, central president of the Nepal Feed Industry Association. ‘Now, less than 50 percent of the maize required for feed is imported.’ 99 percent of the soybeans we need are imported. This is because there is no production here,' Sapkota said.
Feed accounts for 70 percent of the expenditure in the poultry farming sector. 'Tools, equipment and technology cannot be made here.' If the government encourages it, maize and soybean cultivation can be increased,' said Rajendra Lamichhane, central president of the Nepal Hatchery Industry Association.
