Buffalos to China
Nepal plans to start exporting 5,000 tonnes of water buffalo meat every day to China starting next June, according to an agreement signed between Himalayan Food International and China’s Shanghai Ziyan Food. The abattoir in Sindhuli is being built by a Chinese contractor, and will process the meat from buffalos reared on leased land in Udayapur and Chitwan. Livestock experts say Nepal’s current buffalo meat production does not even meet domestic demand.