BSF technology introduced to Niger’s women and youth for sustainable agriculture

To empower agripreneurs, youth, and women to adopt a sustainable agriculture practice in Niger, the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique au Niger (INRAN), the national partner of the BBEST Project in Niger held a training workshop on producing and using black soldier fly (BSF)-based products for the youth, women, beneficiaries of the Decentralized Unit and private BSF Units’ owners on 6 August in Maradi.

The workshop aimed to introduce young entrepreneurs, farmers, and technicians to BSF rearing techniques and using BSF larvae in animal feed and the derived organic fertilizer in vegetable production. In addition, the workshop was organized to (i) strengthen the capacity of participants on insect technology and biology and the mass production techniques of the black soldier fly, (ii) empower farmers to replace imported proteins with BSF larval meal, (iii) strengthen the capacity of the youth to produce and utilize the black soldier fly, (iv) demonstrate to producers the different stages involved in the rearing of the fly, the preparation and use of BSF based organic fertilizer and (v) introduce farmers to the management of decentralized and private BSF production units.

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