Engineer Lamichhane takes to cattle farming as side business
Summary
Engineer Kumar Lamichhane of Gorkha has built a profitable cattle farm in Kathmandu, earning around Rs 1.5 million a month from milk sales. His Kshitij Integrated Agriculture Farm now keeps 200 cows and 50 buffaloes and supplies milk to dairies in the Kathmandu Valley.
Key Points
- Kumar Lamichhane, a civil engineer from Gorkha, runs a cattle farm at Ramkot in Nagarjun Municipality-6, Kathmandu.
- His Kshitij Integrated Agriculture Farm Pvt. Ltd. began in May 2020 with an investment of Rs 100 million and now houses 200 cows and 50 buffaloes.
- The farm produces about 1,200 litres of milk daily and sells to the Dairy Development Corporation, Namuna Dairy and other dairies.
- Lamichhane says the business earns Rs 4.5 to 5 million monthly in milk sales and saves about Rs 1.5 million after expenses.
