**7. Conclusions**

The livestock sector is an integral component of Nepalese mixed farming systems, providing high-quality food, income, and livelihood to millions of people residing in a poor socio-economic setting. The livestock sector is currently facing the principal challenge of low productivity and cannot fulfill the national demands for livestock products. This situation will be exacerbated in the future in light of population growth and increased per capita meat and milk consumption associated with improved socio-economic status. Thus, to ensure that the livestock sector will be able to feed future generations, specific livestockassociated future policies must be developed to promote the sustainable development of the livestock sector and livestock managemen<sup>t</sup> systems. In future livestock policies, the availability of quality feed for livestock should be acknowledged as one of the primary elements to exploit the existing or to-be-improved genetic potentials of production animals, and efforts should be directed towards developing an easy-to-use feeding table for farmers by evaluating nutrient and digestibility characteristics of existing, as well as potential future, feed resources. Additionally, capacity building and infrastructure development at public universities and research institutions relating to animal nutrition, feeding, health, and performance are important to formulate needed region-specific strategies to ensure the development of a productive, as well as climate-friendly, livestock sector, adapted to the prevailing agro-ecological conditions in the future. Industry sectors should be identified and acknowledged as important players in this respect. Future livestock policies should include instruments that will encourage RAI partnerships within research collaboration and promote the implementation of future strategic measures targeting the Nepalese livestock sector.

**Supplementary Materials:** The following supporting information can be downloaded at: https: //www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/agriculture12050679/s1, Figure S1: Status of sheep meat and wool production.

**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, P.K.; methodology, P.K., R.D., D.P. and M.O.N.; writing— original draft preparation, P.K., R.D., T.K. and D.P.; writing—review and editing, P.K., R.D., T.K., D.P., N.R.D. and M.O.N.; visualization, P.K. and D.P. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable.

**Data Availability Statement:** Data used in this paper can be accessed by using the links provided in the paper.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors would like to thank Bishnu Adhikari (Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, USA), Nabin Aryal (University of Southeastern Norway, Norway), Balram Bhandari (Nepal Agricultural Research Council, Nepal), and Yadav Sharma Bajagai (Central Queensland University, Australia) for their fruitful discussions and suggestions.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
