The project aims to improve the levels of food security, nutrition, income and employment for 69,000 families through increased productivity in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner.

Expected Output and Benefits:

• A total of 164,000 households benefits directly from increased livestock productivity, processing and marketing activities.
• Per capita income of NRs 2,925(1995/96 prices) of poor households increased by 50 percent by the end of the project period.
• 20 percent increase in nutritional intake of girls and boys under 6 years of age in the project area.
• 1,700 livestock enterprises developed creating around 6,000 new jobs.