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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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Flying Food kicks off in Nigeria with support of USAID

With funding from the USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge, Springboard, NGN, and Flying Food will help women and youth start cricket farming in Nigeria by providing a trainer and farmer study group. This demo farm is modeled off of New Generation Nutrition and Flying Food’s recent work piloting cricket rearing with local farmers in Kenya and…
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Webinar – 15 September 2021

Through our website we receive many questions regarding the technical details for cricket farming and the business opportunities. On a regular base we organize online webinars with the aim to link people, exchange knowledge and upscale the cricket business. I like to invite you to our online webinar at 15 September 2021 at 14.00 –…
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Cricket Training in Gulu – Uganda

New farmers are starting with crickets in Gulu in Northern Uganda. Gertjan Flikweert of Foundation Hope voor Afrika is working on microcredits and innovative farming technologies in this region. Crickets will fit perfectly here; many smallholder farmers can expand their activities and create a welcome new source of proteins and income. In the week of…
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Invitation Webinar – 12 May 2021

Through our website we receive many questions regarding the technical details for cricket farming and the business opportunities. On a regular base we will organize online webinars with the aim to link people, exchange knowledge and upscale the cricket business. I like to invite you to our online webinar at 12 May at 14.00 –…
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Flying Food 2.0

Worldwide, insect production for food consumption is still at an early and immature stage. What the Flying Food consortium has been established in Kenya and Uganda in 2014-2019 was innovative and challenging; introducing a new product into a new market. As a team we like to share our lessons learned and present our slightly adjusted…
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Invitation webinar: Insects as business

You are invited to join the open webinar ‘Insects as business opportunity for feed and food’. Taking place on 15 December at 13:00 – 14:00 CET. Are you interested in farming insects or processing insects? Get the latest insights at this webinar. TNO will host this online workshop and we will explore insects as an…
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Positive results of market study Flying Food in Rwanda

The Flying Food consortium investigated the technical and economic feasibility of starting with crickets for human consumption in Rwanda. Interviews of 417 consumers and 120 producers in all 5 provinces of Rwanda show positive results. There is a market demand; consumers are willing to include crickets in their diets as they are tasty and nutritious.…
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