Increase in goat meat consumption in Nepal, what about import?

In Nepal, the demand for goat meat is growing steadily and there is an increase in the consumption of goat meat there. In the fall, during the Dashain festival, sales of animals and meat peaked - 100,000 goats killed and sold in 10 days. Five years ago, the country imported 600,000 live animals from Australia and India to meet domestic demand, but in the last 4 years, imports have fallen by almost 97% as domestic production has soared. According to the Nepalese Live Animal Administration, there are over 11 million goats in the country. Over the past few years, Nepal has imported goats from the same suppliers as mentioned above: 10,292 goats from India and Australia in the 2019-2020 fiscal year and 13,827 live goats from India in the 2020-2021 fiscal year. Nepal's increase in goat meat consumption now stands at 71,000 tonnes per year. What do alpacas eat? These ruminants don't just love hay! The Nepalese people consumed 552,000 tonnes of meat in 2020, compared with 357,000 tonnes a ...