Refugee Insect Production for Food and Feed

The project aims to demonstrate how edible insects such as mealworm and soldier fly larvae can be sustainably produced and processed by refugees in a manner which turns locally available organic waste into nutritious food and feed, thereby improving nutrition, health and incomes among both refugees and host communities.

The RefIPro project has humanitarian program activities with research components focusing on improving nutrition, health and incomes of refugees and host community members in and around Kyaka 2 refugee settlement in Western Uganda. The project will develop nutritious and highly acceptable mealworm enhanced school meal, as well as assessment of the barriers and drivers of mealworm consumption in schools in and around Kyaka 2 refugee settlement. The project will generate knowledge that can be potentially be used to improve the livelihoods of millions of refugees, not just in Uganda, but globally.

Links:

https://refipro.raiseorg.dk

https://nexs.ku.dk/english/research/nutrition-health/sustainable-nutrition-and-health/refipro/