AgrotechThe startup's Pori factory feeds black soldier fly larvae on food-industry side streams, runs with four people a shift, and has already sold much of its output to buyers including Skretting.
LivestockAfter losses on a duck farm, Shimul Hossain of Atgharia in Pabna began producing black soldier fly larvae; his five farms now employ 17 local people.
FisheriesNahid Hossain, a disabled entrepreneur in Raninagar, raises black soldier fly larvae on household and market waste to feed his fish; a kilo costs about Tk 65 to produce and sells for Tk 250 to 270.
CGIAR's urban food systems lead Dr Mukani Moyo points to compost in Vietnam, insect feed in Nairobi schools and food rescue in Lima, and says technology alone will not solve losses. The views are the writer's own.
Three Nairobi schools and a farmers' hub are feeding kitchen and market waste to black soldier fly larvae, harvesting protein-rich feed for poultry and pigs and returning the leftover frass to vegetable plots as fertiliser.
AgribusinessIn 2019 Khalilur Rahman, a Bangladeshi living in the UK, brought 150 grams of insects from Britain and set up a black soldier fly farm in Teghori village, Bishwanath, to produce cheap feed for his quail and layer hens.
