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Nadia laughed bitterly. "Weeds. Fallen mangoes. Cassava peels. Bones from the butcher."

She couldn’t afford the expensive nutritionist from the capital. She couldn’t afford the bags of pre-mixed "super mash." For three days, she watched her goats bleat hopelessly at dry acacia pods. free animal feed formulation

Then, a young agricultural extension officer named appeared on a motorbike, his backpack stuffed with pamphlets and a battered laptop. He didn’t sell anything. He didn’t push a brand. Nadia laughed bitterly

That night, Nadia mixed her first batch in a rusted wheelbarrow. Her goats sniffed. They ate. They lived . Nadia’s goats didn’t win the county fair. But they didn’t die. She saved $400 in feed costs—enough to repair her well. She taught 12 other women the free formulation method. One of them, a widow named Grace, started selling surplus "village blend" to a small school, creating a micro-business from thin air. Cassava peels

The software cost nothing. The ingredient database was donated by a non-profit. The training was a WhatsApp group.