The Seventh National Workshop on Livestock and Fisheries Research was held at NARC, Khumaltar on 25-26 June 2007. The theme of the workshop was “Productivity Enhancement through Livestock and Fisheries Research”
The three-day workshop was held with the objectives to:

• Review research activities/outcomes in livestock and fisheries research - Identify appropriate technologies at hand and in pipelines and find ways to transfer them to farmers, industrialists and entrepreneurs.
• Discuss and suggest for future plan in livestock research and development

The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Ganesh KC, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives in a special function chaired by Dr. Nanda Prasad Shrestha, Executive Director, NARC.
In the workshop, about one hundred different policy and technical papers and research reports on livestock production and management, fisheries, animal nutrition, animal breeding, pasture, forage and agro-forestry, and animal health were presented. The workshop reviewed the technologies in use and recommended for further actions/activities to improve livestock sector. The workshop after discussion in three different groups namely, Increase production for food security, Commercialization of livestock industry, Livestock, Birds and Fish Biodiversity, made out recommendations as follows.

Suggestions and Recommendations

• Resource allocation (at least 30%) for livelihood improvement research
• Coordinated approach and development of cooperatives
• Subsidies for productivity improvement
• Holistic technology package to improve productivity
• Identification of potential production area/commodity
• Establishment of Inventory of native flora and fauna
• Ex-situ and In-situ conservation of indigenous flora and fauna
• Development of productive animal breeds, drugs, vaccine, seeds, diagnostic reagents, nutritional package
• Development of quality parameters for commercialization of livestock industry
• Proper policy for subsidy, taxation, insurance
• Skill development of commercial farmers
• Initiation for patenting
• Technical and scientific manpower in each and every discipline of LFR
• Training in new fields of sciences (genetic engineering, bio-technology, IT, Bio-metrics)
• Upgrading of technical and scientific staff, manpower at regional and other research stations
• Functional linkage be developed with public and private sectors (industries, organized sectors)
• Sharing of resource, facilities and expertise among stakeholders for research and development
• Commodity-wise coordination committees be developed at the national level with representation from DLS, DOA, NARC, Universities, NGOs, INGOs and private organizations
• Linkage with DLS, DOA, NGOs and INGOs right from the programme planning
• Programme be inbuilt jointly
• Selected service centres be developed as Livestock and Fisheries outreach programme centres
• Collaboration be established/strengthened both at policy and working levels
• Institutional technical working group meeting for research and extension programme
• Academic opportunities, Training and further study