Goras Green Feed and Resource Pvt Ltd, established as a private limited company in 2020, has been in operation for the past ten years, previously registered under the Department of Cottage and Small Industries (DCSI). The company’s main products include green forage for animal feed, seasonal forage, forage seeds, and plant nursery services. Goras operates on seven hectares of land, with two hectares dedicated to the nursery and five hectares for growing green forage. The company offers over 40 varieties of seeds and nursery saplings, with eight varieties of forage, including oats, barseem, vetch, rye, teosinte, napier, cow pea, sateria, stylo, and forage peanut. Goras employs 12 full-time staff members and around 24 seasonal workers, with about 80% of the workforce being women.

Crisis Response – Promotion of Forage-based Dairy Production as an Alternative to Rising Feed Price 

This 18-month project (January 2023 – June 2024) had a total budget of £56,560 of which £27,071 from CASA included both technical assistance and grants. CASA supported Goras to launch the commercial production of forage feed and ensure continued access to quality, affordable forage for smallholder producers. Under CASA support, 15 varieties of forage seeds were sent to NARC and SQCC for registration and 1,050 kg of forage seeds with newly designed packaging and 800 saplings were sold. Forage farming trainings and awareness campaigns were provided to 3,807 farmers from nine dairy cooperatives in Provinces 2, 3 and 5 (78% women) and three farmers from Nawalparasi District, Province 5, were contracted as commercial forage seed producers.

With few registered companies in Nepal working in forage seeds, Goras has significant potential to reach many dairy farmers. CASA provided both financial and technical support to help Goras revive the Nepal Forage Development Association as “Pasture and Forage Forum Nepal”; 45 new members were inducted into the forum including forage seed producers and farmers. Advocacy for the promotion of commercial green forage and forage seed production was, and continues to be, done through the newly established forum in association with NARC and DLS.

Updated: August 2025