Nepal to host international meet on buffaloes from Nov 15

Scientists from various nations, including India, Pakistan and the US, would gather in Nepal to discuss ways to promote the economic and food value of buffalo.
The faculty of Animal Science, Veterinary Science and Fisheries of the Agriculture and Forestry University at Chitawan is organising the four-day long symposium "Increase in buffalo production for food and economic growth" from November 15, an official told a press conference today.
The meet, being held for the first time in Nepal, is being organised in collaboration with the Government of Nepal, the Ministry of Livestock Development, Department of Livestock Service, Nepal Agriculture Research Council and Michigan State University, US.

Scientists from Nepal, India, China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Thailand and the US would present 90 different working papers on various aspects of commercial rearing of buffalo.