LivFaRT Foundation
Where the last mile begins.
We help smallholder families recognise disease and act early, and we measure how antimicrobials are really used in their animals.
Our mission
Healthier flocks, responsible medicine and evidence anyone can check.
Farmers who act early
Smallholder families, very often women, who recognise disease, deworm correctly and report outbreaks.
Evidence on antimicrobial use
A measured picture of how veterinarians, VPPs, CAHWs and drug sellers actually treat smallholder flocks.
Stewardship that lasts
Training and practical guidance for practitioners, and findings shared openly with government and partners.
At the farmer's gate
Goats and sheep are a family's savings account.
One outbreak of PPR can wipe them out in a week. Knowing the signs, and who to call, changes the outcome.
- Recognise viral, bacterial and parasitic disease, and know when to call for help.
- Deworm right, with the correct product, dose and timing.
- Report early, so outbreaks of PPR and FMD are stopped early.
- Stop the antibiotic reflex, for safer meat and milk.
The Misau study, live
One fully measured LGA before anything else.
Resistance is built one unnecessary dose at a time, and in smallholder systems almost nobody measures it. We do, in Misau LGA, Bauchi State, at the point of care where the decision is made.
Recorded at the visit
Each practitioner records the medicine, its class and the reason, on the phone.
Across every provider
Repeated treatment of a flock by different hands becomes visible.
Closed until the end
Practitioners see only their own work, so the measuring does not change what is measured.
Consent first
Households agree before anything is recorded. Only aggregate figures leave the study.
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Households enrolled
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Animals counted
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Practitioners taking part
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Treatment visits recorded
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Wards covered
Updated automatically from the field. Aggregate figures only; no farmer or practitioner can be identified.
These figures update from the field. The results are published openly when the study closes, including what did not work.
Get involved
Four ways to partner with us.
We agree the indicators with each partner before the work starts, and report against them honestly with the evidence behind every figure.
Fund a ward
Sponsor registration, training, vaccination and stewardship for a ward, and receive verified results.
Programme partners
NGOs and development partners co-design pilots and use our verified field data.
Research partners
Universities and institutes collaborate on the analysis and publication of the evidence.
Government
Connect farmers to state campaigns and disease reporting, and bring the evidence into policy.
