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Unfortunately, cricket farms in Kenya and Uganda were disastrously affected by a bacterial infection in 2018 and almost the full production collapsed. The local farmers and Dutch partners sincerely regret this occurrence.  But this can happen and is a regular pattern in new value chains with livestock. We developed a remedy to clean up the…

In June 2018, the 5 year Flying Food Project finished. However, the initiative continues. With active rearing in Kenya and Uganda, microfinance opportunities for farmers in both countries, processing in place and products developed, crickets are expected to grow as a nutritious, delicious food in the community.

In Uganda, at the beginning of October three groups of farmers were trained by the Flying Food trainers of EntoAfrica. The training included two theory sessions and one practical session for each group and contained several subjects for the farmers to be schooled in. The 30/3 crate system was explained and put into practice with…

Charles Odira, from partner MIXA, has launched a new cricket product line with the name BORA. The first product is ground crickets, that may be applied in a range of products such as cookies, bread or stews.

Heavy rains in April and May 2018 have caused floods in Kenya (Kisumu area). Cricket farm houses were filled with water. Some of them had to be evacuated with the help of the FF trainers team. One of the trainers remarked: “Someone might think that the water at the background is a lake, but actually it’s…

EntoAfrica has been selected to get funding from the Innovation Against Poverty (IAP) initiative, in which private sector partners take up the challenge to improve food, water, energy and ICT for low-income consumers, based on a sound business case. On 20 October, the contract between EntoAfrica and IAP was signed, and currently EntoAfrica is working…

On Saturday 19 August, at the Health & Nutrition fair organized by Uganda Manufacurers’ Association in Kampala, Uganda, our partner EntoAfrica Ltd presented to the public their novel product BUUKA! BUUKA is derived from a Luganda-language word which means “Jump!” The brand was chosen to illustrate the highly nutritious properties of crickets which contribute to…

Rearing crickets starts to be an attractive enterprise to be a part of. To support the farmers that want to start this new business, the microfinance institution RAFODE in Kenya has agreed to join the Flying Food initiative. RAFODE is microfinance institution registered in 2007. It operates in Western Kenya with 5 offices in Kisumu,…

End of June, Marijke de Graaf (ICCO), Erwin Beckers (TNO) and Margot Calis (Protifarm) visited the locations of the Flying Food project. During the visit, a number of the partners that research, rear, coach and process were frequented. The farmers and trainers were coached to increase the performance of rearing, while also the system to…

Rearing crickets is currently an attractive enterprise to get involved into! In an effort to support the small-holder farmers that want to start this new business, one of the leading microfinance institutions in Uganda, called Masaka Microfinance and Development Cooperative Trust Limited (MAMIDECOT)  has agreed to join the Flying Food Project initiative. MAMIDECOT is an…