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Growing up in rural Africa, livestock was our family’s most valuable asset. We relied on them for schooling, medication, nutrition, and cultural events. Watching my family lose cows due to the lack of a veterinary laboratory in our town was frustrating—a reality still faced by 95% of rural African markets today. Veterinarians are still forced to use guess work in deciding treatment.
Over the past decade, my co-founder Robert and I have led a team dedicated to empowering women in underbanked areas by delivering financial products. Through technology and a network of field officers, we provided financial literacy, productive assets, and credit, positively impacting over 400,000 lives.
We found that livestock is often the most valuable asset for rural families, often used in appraising credit ability. However, these herds mostly consist of low-productivity indigenous breeds that are susceptible to disease and contribute to greenhouse gas emissions.
Listening to small-holder farmers, we hypothesized that with reliable health interventions, smallholder farmers would adopt improved livestock breeds and better technologies. This shift could enhance productivity, reduce methane emissions by over 50% per farm,while facilitating affordable financing and insurance.
This challenge inspired us to take action.
Wes & Robert
Challenges facing Small-holder Dairy Farming in Africa
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Livestock Diseases
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Green House Emission
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Limited Access to Inputs
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Lack of Extension Services
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Low Productivity
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Animal to Human Diseases
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