Objective:

• To establish and follow the progress of 5 Farmer Action Groups across the South West of England as they co-create a series of Action Plans to reduce their need and usage of antimicrobials on
• To understand the barriers and drivers for this sort of participatory project, and how applicable it could be for policy making in this
• Approximately 35 further meetings to be held to follow up on the farmer-led Action Plans, and to measure and assess how effective they have been in creating real on-farm change (Has there been a reduction in antibiotic use? Has the herd health improved?).
• Plans are in process to hold a farmer away-day at Bristol Veterinary School to discuss results from the project, and inform policy makers on tacking antimicrobial.

Website & Newsletters:

http://www.agricology.co.uk/farmer-led-policy-leading-way-reducing-antibiotic-use-farm

http://www.fginsight.com/vip/vip/can-we-learn-to-farm-without-antibiotics-16178

http://www.bristol.ac.uk/vetscience/people/lisa-c-morgans/index.html

Partners:

5 farmer action groups & University of Bristo

Number of farms:
33 farmers

Coordinator :
The project coordinator, Lisa Morgans BVSc MRCVS, is studying for a PhD supervised by Professor D.C.J. Main and Dr K.Reyher at the University of Bristol.

Funding organisations:
AHDB Dairy and The Langford Trust