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From black soldier flies to mealworms: farming insects for food, fodder and fertiliser in Uganda

From black soldier flies to mealworms: farming insects for food, fodder and fertiliser in Uganda

Cultivating the nutritious bugs means families can raise livestock and enrich their own food, while lowering pressures on the land A few minutes’ walk from his home in the Kyaka II refugee settlement, Kanane Bikanyale feeds black soldier fly larvae to chickens in a coop above a f

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