Sindhuli, Oct. 11 -- At 70, Kamala Subedi has achieved something she never imagined possible: graduating from a school, despite never having attended one.

The graduation, however, was not from a conventional school. After four years of training in animal husbandry, she has received a certificate recognising her completion of 48 sessions at a farmers' field school in Kamalamai Municipality, Sindhuli.

Subedi's new qualification is already shaping her ambitions as a dairy farmer. Having seen her youngest son, who lives separately, earn a substantial income from raising high-yielding cows, she has acquired a Holstein calf and hopes to follow in his footsteps.

"My youngest son earns Rs120,000 a month as he owns two high-breed cows," she sai...