Green heroes: Black soldier fly farmer

Farming black soldier flies to fill the gaps in food production and eliminate waste.

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00:00Black soldier fly farming will help us to clean the environment.

00:23They eat organic waste.

00:25When they are eating on that organic waste, it means that our places were left clean.

00:44What is interesting about black soldier fly farming is they multiply very fast.

00:51So any farmer can do it in your own way.

01:04Our black soldier flies are insects found all over the world, especially in places where

01:11there is sand.

01:12It lays over 500 to 800 eggs.

01:18That means you can produce it in large quantities.

01:22Black soldier fly has four stages, whereby we have the eggs, larvae, pupa, adults.

01:30It is a protein source in animal feeds.

01:48It helps us to decompose organic waste, which forms fertilizer, the one we use in our gardens.