STUDY OF RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ON ANIMAL SCIENCE IN NEPAL

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC is an apex body to coordinates overall research activities in the country through it five regional headquarters and several research stations throughout the country. Government of Nepal (Department of Livestock Services) provides extension services through its district offices in its all 75 districts. Five regional directorates supervise and monitor the entire program conducted by the respective district within the region.   After the establishment of Tribhuwan University's (T.U.) Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS) in Rampur, Chitwan in 1972, then only higher education in Agriculture science formally began.  As Nepal remains a predominantly agrarian economy, only one technical university called "Agriculture and Forestry University" (AFU) was established in Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal in 2010. Similarly,  Himalayan College of Agriculture Sciences and Technology (HICAST), , under  Purbanchal University (P.U.) and other several agricultural colleges and polytechnic institute collectively focus for the development of agriculture, livestock, aquaculture and forestry which would raise the socio-economic conditions of rural people through quality teaching, research and extension.