CHITWAN, Jan. 30 -- An agreement was signed between Kathmandu and Beijing on the export of buffalo meat during Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli's visit to China.

The agreement between the two countries has paved the way for the legal export of processed buffalo meat from Nepal to China. However, there are growing challenges to meat exports with the continuous decline in livestock farming in Nepal.

According to statistics from Nepal, the number of cows and buffaloes has significantly decreased. Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoALD)'s data shows that the buffalo population has fallen by 20 percent in the last two years. Dr Krishna Kanta Neupane, former secretary at the MoALD said that in such a scenario, it will be difficu...