Contacts to Distribute the Product to Nepal
Nepal has many agricultural programs made available to help farmers learn so that they can develop and potentially improve their farming habits. A major contributor to the expansion and development of goat herds in Nepal is thanks to the Department of Livestock services of Nepal. They put on conferences for Nepalese goat farmers to come together to talk about different challenges, goals, and improvements to the goat industry. Their last conference was “Sustainable Goat Enterprises for Food Security and Economic Growth in Nepal” (DLS, 2015). In order for the entire population of Nepalese goat farmers to get the facts and knowledge on the export idea it can be discussed at their conferences. DLS takes submissions for their conferences if you contact [email protected] (DLS, 2015). The best opportunity to get the farmers of Nepal educated about the import is to discuss it at the conference as this conference will be their opportunity to learn about the potential benefits as well as raise any concerns that they may have moving forward. It will also help educate them on a different idea of farming which may broaden their mind set when it comes to agriculture and allow them the chance to develop new techniques on their own.
Distributing Products |
Looking at the figures, it is not realistic to send this product over to Nepal. Even if there were to be government grants, it is still highly unlikely that sending over the automatic milk replacer feeders would be a proper investment for the average farmer in Nepal, even if the farmer could manage to find a water and electricity source. However, sending over the milk replacer on its own might be a better option. This way the farmers are still getting all of the benefits of better kids, on a healthy diet designed for optimum growth and development, as well as also getting the extra milk from the does to be sold for extra income, but without the expensive cost of the machine.
Another option for the farmers of Nepal is to distribute the milk replacer to the kids in a timely fashion, instead of an automatic feeder they could be taking a pail or container of some sort and fastening nipples through the plastic at the bottom of the large container. Then have it positioned in a stationary location at a proper drinking height for the kids. The farmer could then make a large amount in the container and have it available for the kids all day. In order to maintain this being a healthy option, the farmers would have to buy acidified milk replacer. Acidified milk replacer allows the milk to sit out all day, in all different types of temperatures, and not harm the kid because the acid in the milk kills the bacteria that could grow in the milk throughout the day (Anderson, 2012). Milk replacer could still have the potential to be a good investment for the goat farmers of Nepal. Milk replacer costs about $75 for 25lbs from Canada, costing the Nepal farmer 5,999.25 NRs. But if a government program was set up to help offset some of the costs and they imported it from a closer country that could have cheaper products it would be very beneficial for the Nepalese goat farmers. |