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Crickets in Uganda

From 17 -22 January Mathilde Miedema from TNO and Marian Peters from NGN visited Uganda to facilitate the cricket value chain. 76% farmers are still rearing crickets in Uganda after starting up in 2016-2018. They are trained during the Flying Food project by TNO, Kreca, NGN and our local trainer Esther Amoding and coordinated by microfinance…
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Esther Amoding – Trainer Uganda

Esther Amoding is our certified trainer – she trains farmers in rearing crickets and she is trainer-of-trainers in cricket farming. She is educated by Flying Food in 2015-2018. She is based in Masaka, Uganda and has her own demonstration farm. She can train people at her venue or she can travel to your farm/ office.…
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Join our webinar on 25 October 2022

Interested in the cricket business for food applications? With the aim of mutual learning and inspiration, I like to invite you to our online webinar on Tuesday 25 October at 14.00 – 15.30 CET focused on Flying Food. Here we present our state-of-affairs of Flying Food and you can ask all questions to cricket experts…
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Expo Proteins 2022 Kigali, Rwanda

On the Poultry Africa Expo on 5 & 6 October 2022 in Rwanda the Netherlands pay attention to insects for feed – especially the use of Black Soldier Flies. The Dutch Embassy,  Netherlands Food Partnership and New Generation Nutrition also pay attention to alternative proteins to feed the growing world population. You can use crickets…
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Green week Nigeria: Cricket bread

During the Green Week of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)  in Ibadan, Nigeria in the last week of September 2022 we presented the achievements of our Insect Impact cluster and the Cricket project with Springboard and USAID. Marian Peters and John Amole of NGN also participated and our local partners demonstrated their bread…
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We are looking for partners

The Flying Food Partnership facilitates the crickets business for human consumption in Africa. By implementing an inclusive value chain on crickets we create: access to affordable healthy food for all an innovative, profitable line of business entrepreneurship and local jobs climate smart alternative for traditional livestock. Our mission is to make crickets a mainstream food product…
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Flying Food

Join our free webinar on 5 July 2022 at 14.00 CET

Are you interested in the cricket business? And are you eager to learn more from the members of the Flying Food Partnership? We will share our experiences in this workshop: Marian Peters – CEO of NGN Ltd, the Netherlands will give you an update about the advantages of crickets Mathilde Miedema  – director at TNO,…
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Launch of Chirrups in Kenya

Congratulations InsectiPro! This cricket farm and cricket processing company from Kenya developed a new cricket food product. Nina de Groot, product manager at InsectiPro, presented the Chirrups – a Crunch with a Punch! Chirrups are fried crickets, a snack packed in small sachets. You can buy them in three flavors: Plain, Salt & Vinegar and…
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Farmers trained in cricket rearing in Akure, Nigeria

Marian Peters of NGN trained 43 farmers selected from 10 Springboard communities. The training took place from 2-4 March 2022 at the Springboard premises in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The activities are supported with a grant from USAID and implemented in collaboration with the Springboard Cooperative. Currently two demo farms are set up and 10…
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World Bank estimates a huge market for insects in Africa – USD 8 billion by 2030

Recently, the World Bank published a book describing insect farming as disruptive, inclusive, and resilient solution to Africa’s wide-ranging food security challenges. It assesses the benefits and costs of using the frontier agriculture technologies to create a circular food economy in Africa. This book focuses on two types of frontier agriculture technologies: insect farming and…
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