Abstract
Poultry production is a growing industry that accounts about 3.5% of total GDP. The number of commercial farm is concentrated to districts like Chitwan, Kathmandu and Kaski but major of the poultry farming is followed by rural people which is under the free range system and low input production system. This review was written to summarize and study the present status, challenges and potential of poultry farming. In order to meet the demand of the poultry, the commercial poultry population has increased about more than two times than the last decade. Similarly, there has been marked increase in the number of laying birds, meat production and egg production in these recent years. But it has not been able to surpass the demand in the market. To meet the demand through commercialization, people have suffered different challenges like increase cost of production, lack of maintenance of bio-security, improper maintenance of housing ,lack of proper knowledge about poultry production ,irregular supply of qualifiable chicks ,religious and cultural restrictions ,outbreak of different diseases , lack of slaughter house and processing plant etc which has threatened the poultry business which can be uplifted through certain management strategies along with policies, programs and awareness campaign.
Highlights
Agriculture is an important occupation in the context of Nepal
Agriculture accounts for about 33.7% of the national GDP, but the poultry sector accounts for about 3.5% of the TGDP [1]
The objective of our review is to study about the present status, problems and potential of poultry production in Nepal
Summary
Agriculture is an important occupation in the context of Nepal. One of the fastest ways to supply human protein is through poultry. Agriculture accounts for about 33.7% of the national GDP, but the poultry sector accounts for about 3.5% of the TGDP [1]. Nepal is one of the best places of poultry rearing due to its rich biodiversity. Nepal is one of the highest percentages of Asian livestock (livestock and poultry, 5.8 per family), and is 70 per cent of the population rearing some types of livestock [2]. FAO has recommended as a daily average protein intake by a person should be about 65 g /day of which more than 50% should be from the animal source [2]
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