KHOTANG, Oct 21: The Barahapokhari Rural Municipality in Khotang district has exported goats worth Rs 17.5 million to Kathmandu in this festive season.
A total of 875 goats were sent to Kathmandu by five different groups of intermediaries. The rural municipality is considered as a pocket area for goat farming.
Chief of the Livestock Section of the rural municipality, Ashish Banjara, said that the total cost of the goat exported from the rural municipality is more than Rs 17.5 million at the rate of Rs 20,000 per goat.
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The intermediaries had visited the farmers' doorsteps to purchase goats.
It is said that some of the farmers have earned up to Rs 600,000 each from selling goats.
Banjara shared that the goats were taken to Kathmandu from Khotang district on October 18 and 19. Moreover, the farmers themselves have also taken the goats to Gaighat in Udayapur district for sale.
Officials and the business community said that he-goats worth millions were exported to other districts from Khotang in this festive season, making goat farming a lucrative business.
However, the farmers can make more profits if the local government works on developing the supply chain of the goods produced in the district.
(RSS)
