Shepherd App
2022
Digital livestock management built for farmers who need data, not complexity.
The Challenge
Livestock is the primary asset class for millions of smallholder households in Pakistan and Bangladesh — but the management of that asset was entirely informal. No records meant no credit, no insurance, no market data, and no early warning on disease. The gap between farm-level practice and what institutional buyers or financial institutions required was unbridgeable without a tool.
Our Approach
Esipick.org built Shepherd as a farmer-first mobile product — optimized for use on low-end Android devices with intermittent connectivity, in a UI that doesn't require literacy to navigate. The backend aggregates herd-level data for extension workers, veterinarians, and lenders.
Outcome
Shepherd demonstrates that meaningful agricultural data can be generated at the farm level without imposing literacy, connectivity, or tech-savviness requirements on the farmer — opening pathways to credit, insurance, and premium market access.
Details
Stack
React Native · AI · Mobile-first Design
