Webinar Waste Technology Deep Dive #3 Black Soldier Fly Larvae Composting

This webinar will look at what Black Soldier Fly Larvae Composting is, what it can be used for, when it makes sense, etc. The fundamentals will be presented by an expert from Sandec / eawag, followed by a practitioner’s perspective from Kenya.
The webinar is part of a series of Deep Dives into selected waste management technologies, organized by UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities initiative, African Clean Cities Platform and the Wuppertal Institute, under the Urban Pathways Project. The presented technologies are supposed to give local and regional government officials, as well as interested stakeholders, an overview of available technology options (which of course have to be assessed regarding their compatibility with the local situation before implementation).

[@FusionDeveloper]

The flies are picky for breeding conditions (need very bright light or sunlight), when compared to other insects (which typically do best with zero light). The frass should be fed to earthworms to compost it. The larvae are hard for small brown anole lizards to chew, especially compared to mealworms, which the easily gobble up. Since they are flies, keeping them from escaping is an issue to manage. Those are all the downsides I know of, which is mainly just getting the flies to stay in captivity and lay eggs. The larvae part is extremely easy. Don't let that discourage you, I've successfully bred them under artificial LED lights and I think they're the most awesome thing to raise.

[@jaanli6626]

Amazing webinar related to BSF

[@tusharpakhare1255]

Sheila is giving plane, corporate answers without any real insights or facts (she hasn't shown a single photo of the insides of Sanargy's processing plant in her presentation) on other hand Moritz is doing great work by spreading knowledge to help people like me understand this from the grassroot.

[@ximono]

The difference between a businesswoman and a scientist.

[@bernardngunjiri8233]

Yes

[@robertjb8101]

I love the technology

[@gurungkrish1868]

This is Krishna Gurung from Nepal and lts my pleasure to get more knowledge about BSFL through Webinar.

[@gopalkshetry4320]

Krisna Gurung, which part of Nepal are you from?

[@sunkavallisatyanarayana5682]

Corn silage can be used to feed larvae

[@josiahkulwa34]

Good 👍

[@selvaprathap8318]

I am doing stackable baf rearing method (like trays are postioned in criss cross positon). And an air supply is provedide by placing a rotating fan. Few trays came out well. But in many bottom trays there is moisture buildup. How do set up the proper airflow

[@hg2.]

Min 20:00 Paraphrased: 'Brewery waste is a great BSF substrate (feed), but it's also already a good animal feed, so why not just feed it to the animals.'

[@johnnyang3153]

Thank you for all the insights and useful sharing.. This is Johnny Ang from Sarawak, Malaysia. I have a small BSF farm and had been feeding my BSF with only chicken manure. The growth rate seem to be very slow. Do you have any suggestions to help improve this?

[@sagrodasia]

Positive using Oil Palm waste, EFB etc.This is abundant in Sarawak Oil Palm Mills

[@gopalkshetry4320]

In cold place like in Canada, can we raise BSF larva?

[@maybethistime]

Keep pushing!

[@sawdustcrypto3987]

Starts at 6:20

[@waraynonentertainmenttv6991]

good day as you mentioned about collected substrate from various places like market waste restaurant wast and the rest but this substrate are already infected by house fly how to deal this matter??

[@denesdolor975]

i belive house fly eggs are eaten by bsf larvae due to that housefly colony fails.

[@ajakbior971]

good question

[@sagrodasia]

Like to explore an industrial modular units , with A.I. Applications

[@hg2.]

MIn 1:06:00 "Most pilots fail to scale".

[@hg2.]

Min 17:22 What is the "1" and "2" in human feces (1) and human feces (2)

[@doeebako7273]

How to attend your meeting. I am interested to be paid

[@ebereezugwu5346]

What do we harvest please is it the larvae or the flies?

[@zacariaantony8603]

Larvae.

[@jemorethomas1640]

Can BSF be feed to sheep and goats ?

[@robertjb8101]

From NGOs

[@imadiamond1]

Can BSFL also process cooked food waste?

[@zacariaantony8603]

Sure. Dear Ajay .

[@SuryaDeepakSD]

Can we obtain chitin from BSF?

[@charliehenith]

You can yes, its found in the skins of the larvae that shed each time the larvae progresses an instar in it's larvae lifecycle

[@luisjaramillo3637]

45:45

[@sunkavallisatyanarayana5682]

Fungal and bacteria in bsf larvae affect fish, poultry etc especially ecoli

[@reneesho]

That's a funky name you got there...brother...nice. would you care to shed more light on your comment regarding fungi and bacteria in BSF larvae....thanks in advance

[@kidvinie6491]

That's the first time I heard what you say. There are many many huge farms producing BSF without problems. The way I look at it is that the dried food you buy for your fish/poultry is like human eating McDonalds or KFC, processed with lots of fillers/bulking agents whereas BSF larvae is natural. You decide!

[@ebereezugwu5346]

Like seriously I don't think I believe what you are trying to bring up here dear. What is actually the nutritional composition of BSF larvae to be compared to the conventional feed destroying humanity. Am open to proper conversation on this. [e-mail] is my 💌.

[@zacariaantony8603]

Dear Satyanarayana , let me assume that you are from India. One of the most tasty fishes is Karimeen. In English I think it's called Etroplus ? Please find out what is it's main feed. I believe fish can digest microorganisms like ecoli bacteria without transferring it to humans.

[@zacariaantony8603]

Karimeen , Etroplus Suratensis , green chromide.

[@koltoncrane3099]

I certainly hope they don’t use BSFL to reduce human waste in the US. Could you imagine if KFC sold chicken that’s fed bsf that lived on human crap? It may be good for the environment to reduce waste, but for human food it just seems cringy. I’d much rather eat balute.

[@murgigoatfootball6915]

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