About Nepal
Located in southern Asia, Nepal is landlocked between China and India (Sarup, 1972). As a result, Nepal is highly dependent on them, as they are their biggest trading partners and only access to a port for international trading (Patel, 2013). Nepal is home to 29,033,914 people, of which forty-six percent are unemployed, with the sixty-nine percent of the remaining workforce employed in agriculture (CIA, 2016). It has been estimated that ninety percent of Nepal’s total population are subsistence farmers (Metz, 1995).
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia, with a gross domestic product per capita of $2500 USD as of 2015, which if converted to the Nepalese Rupee, the national currency, would be 273,528.90 NPR (US Aid, n.d.; CIA, 2016). 29.4 percent of the national GDP, $70.09 billion USD, 7.669 trillion NPR, comes from the agricultural sector, emphasizing Nepal’s reliance on agriculture for economic growth (CIA, 2016).
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in Asia, with a gross domestic product per capita of $2500 USD as of 2015, which if converted to the Nepalese Rupee, the national currency, would be 273,528.90 NPR (US Aid, n.d.; CIA, 2016). 29.4 percent of the national GDP, $70.09 billion USD, 7.669 trillion NPR, comes from the agricultural sector, emphasizing Nepal’s reliance on agriculture for economic growth (CIA, 2016).
Livestock Statisitics
The majority of Nepal’s livestock, specifically the cattle, including dairy cattle, and sheep, have and continue to experience a steady increase in population (Pradhanang et al., 2015). However, the sheep population is beginning to increase as of 2009, after if dropped by 12,250 (Table 1) between 2006/07 to 2009/10. (“Agri-Business Promotion and Statistics Division, 2012). In correlation with the continual increase in cattle, specifically dairy cattle, milk production has been on a steady increase, the growing sheep population has had a similar impact on wool production (FAO, 2005).
References:
Figure 3:
About Nepal. (n.d.). Sunlight Human Resources Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved from http://sunlighthr.com/index.php?module=nepal
Table 1:
Agri-Business Promotion and Statistics Division (2012). Government of Nepal: Ministry of Agricultural Development: Statistical Information on Nepalese Agriculture (2011/2012). Retrieved from www.moad.gov.np/downloadfile/yearbook2012_1363677455.pdf
Figure 3:
About Nepal. (n.d.). Sunlight Human Resources Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved from http://sunlighthr.com/index.php?module=nepal
Table 1:
Agri-Business Promotion and Statistics Division (2012). Government of Nepal: Ministry of Agricultural Development: Statistical Information on Nepalese Agriculture (2011/2012). Retrieved from www.moad.gov.np/downloadfile/yearbook2012_1363677455.pdf
For references, refer to full report.