Wavu aims to link smallholder fish farmers to high quality and affordable inputs, while also guaranteeing their offtakes, in a bid to ensure a more resilient future for tens of thousands of Kenyans.
Recently completed on-farm trials have demonstrated that high-quality insect meal from Protix contains functional properties that can improve fish performance and welfare, as well as farmers’ profitability.
A new, safer and faster way of converting CO2 into protein suitable for aquafeeds is being developed by b.fab, a German startup which aims to help establish a network of simple but effective production hubs around the world.
Black soldier fly producers are being invited to trial – for free – an innovative filtration system that uses microalgae, sometimes paired with oysters, to remove phosphorous and nitrates from their waste water.
Dean Smorenburg, chief executive of a black soldier fly producing company, outlines his thoughts on the potential of the insect farming industry to revolutionise the animal and aquafeed industry.