Optimisation of an offgrid Black Soldier Fly smallholder farm

This project leaded by "The BUG Picture" aims to create a tried and tested design for an offgrid Black Soldier Fly smallholder farm to increase access to high quality protein for animal feed in more rural areas of Kenya.

An initiative of The BUG Picture

Overview of the project

Facing the fact that the world needs an alternative and sustainably farmed protein source to include in animal feed, the Bug Picture organisation has developed a sustainable alternative: the Black Solider Fly.

Black Soldier Fly larvae are a natural source of protein, fats, calcium, energy, vitamins and minerals for livestock animals including but not limited to chickens (broilers and layers), fish, pigs and reptiles.

These larvae (maggots) can be fed to animals alive as a supplement to their existing feed (a tasty treat), to subsidise feed, or as a full replacement of the protein input in animal feed (applicable to animal feed millers).
Currently we have 2 Centralised Processing and Egg Production (CPEP) facilities based in Kenya and Rwanda.

These facilities manage the full life cycle of the black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) in order to maintain a mother colony for the continuation of organic waste processing. Each facility produces larvae insect protein for animal feed (including supplementing existing feed to increase protein levels for animals to prosper) as well as frass (organic fertiliser) for sale.

The BUG Picture currently has 2 CPEP facilities as outlined below:

Piloki Farm: Nyahururu, Kenya

Nairobi Depot: 5 day old larvae are sent to Westlands to be dispatched to home and smallholder systems in the greater Nairobi area

Farm 42: Ruyenzi (outskirts of Kigali), Rwanda

Objective

Create a tried and tested design for an offgrid Black Soldier Fly smallholder farm to increase access to high quality protein for animal feed in more rural areas of Kenya

Level of progress

Pilote operation, experimentation

Project timeline

1/5/2019

About the
organisation

The BUG Picture

website
Laura Stanford
Owner
laura@thebugpicture.com

We take other peoples’ organic waste and convert it into high quality protein and fertiliser using Black Soldier Flies (insects).