Bom Bahadur Thapa of Sukakhola, Ghorahi Sub-metropolitan City-1, has been earning a decent income through dairy farming business after returning from foreign employment. He had worked in Malaysia and Dubai for about 11 years in the course of foreign employment. He shared, “We work 18 hours a day abroad and feel like we’re earning, but back home, we don’t even work 8 hours and still expect high income. No matter how much we earn, it always feels less.”
Thapa’s daily routine begins at 4 AM, milking the cows and collecting milk from other farmers in the village to deliver it to the dairy in Ghorahi Bazaar. He then returns home and continues caring for his cows.The workload, he says, is almost as heavy as it was abroad. Thapa hasn’t missed a single day of this routine in the past five years.
He says, “If I fall sick for even a day, where will I sell the milk the next day?”
Although other family members help with feeding and taking care of the cows, Thapa alone takes responsibility for delivering the milk to the market.He began this business with just two cows, and now he owns 17, of which 7 are milking cows. According to him, they produce about 80 liters of milk daily.
Thapa, who bought a farm in Ghorahi Bazaar and built a one-story house with the money he earned abroadAfter returning to Nepal, he tried several ventures—from buying a truck to raising goats. Though those efforts didn’t succeed, he found success in dairy farming.He said, “I’ve been earning over one lakh rupees per month. If you work hard, money can be made even in your own country.”
In the past five years, Thapa has earned around NPR 5 million from dairy farming and has become a model farmer in the district.
