Livestock Livestock is an important component of the Nepalese farming system providing food for humans, manure for plants, draft power for farms and cash income for farm families. Cattle, buffaloes, sheep, goat, pigs and poultry are the livestock species reared across different agro-ecological zones. In Nepal, women are actively involved in livestock production. Women have a crucial role in detecting illness of the animal because of their close and frequent contact with them. Marketing of livestock is mainly done by men, but in consultation with women.
Women have the right to own livestock in Nepal.
Girl children also share the responsibility for herding goats. The degradation of the environment has already significantly affected women's lives. As deforestation advances and forest products become increasingly scarce, women are the ones who must walk further afield to collect fuel and fodder, adding hours to their already long work days. Rural women are not only household managers but also, formally or informally resource managers. In the Garhwal region, women listed 145 species of plants lost due to deforestation and limestone mining.