Goat meat consumption rise in Nepal
oat farmers in Nepal are expanding their businesses as demand for goat meat is constantly increasing. In the autumn, during the Dashain festival, sales of the animals and meat reach a peak of 100,000 goats sacrificed and sold in 10 days. Until five years ago, the country imported 600,000 live animals from Australia and India to cover the domestic demand but imports have been cut by almost 97% in the last 4 years, as the sector has grown rapidly. According to the Nepalese Livestock Service Office, there are more than 11 million goats in the country. For the last couple of years, Nepal has imported goats from the same suppliers mentioned above: 10,292 goats from India and Australia in the fiscal year 2019-2020 and 13,827 live goats from India in FY 2020-2021. The annual consumption of goat meat in Nepal is nowadays 71,000 tonnes.
Nepalis consumed 552,000 tonnes of meat in 2020, up from 357,000 tonnes the year before. Average per capita consumption of meat in Nepal has reached 18kg per year — up from 6kg per year in the 1970s. Poultry meat stands for 46% in meat consumption and goat meat is ranked third in the Nepalis preferences, accounting for 17% of the total. Other types of meat consumed in the country are buffalo meat (33%) and pork (4%).
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