Donor:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
Period:
2016 -2019
Budget:
€1,200,000
Target countries:
Kenya and Uganda
Summary:
The three-year project was implemented by icipe in partnership with the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany; Food Security Center, University of Hohenheim, Germany, and national agricultural research systems (NARS) partners from Kenya and Uganda.
The project focused on four insects that are consumed by communities in Kenya and Uganda: crickets, grasshoppers, Zambezi emperor worm, and shea tree caterpillar. The project aimed to develop viable insect rearing and harvesting techniques, assess the nutritional attributes of the insects (while taking into account the unique needs of women, girls and infants), identify the biosafety risks along the value chain, and build capacity for research on edible insects in the regions.
Considering the key roles already played by women in the edible insect sector, the research endeavoured to create low-input insect technologies to support their participation along the value chain.
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