Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa

A G R I C U LT U R E A N D F O O D S E R I E S

Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa The New Circular Food Economy

Dorte Verner, Nanna Roos, Afton Halloran, Glenn Surabian, Edinaldo Tebaldi, Maximillian Ashwill, Saleema Vellani, and Yasuo Konishi

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Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa

Published on Dec 14, 2021Agriculture

World Bank Publications

"Interestingly, some relief from today’s woes may come from ancient human practices. While current agri-food production models rely on abundant supplies of water, energy, and arable land and generate significant greenhouse gas emissions in addition to forest and biodiversity loss, past practices point toward more affordable and sustainable paths. Different forms of insect farming and soilless crop farming, or hydroponics, have existed for centuries. In this report the authors make a persuasive case that frontier agriculture, particularly insect and hydroponic farming, can complement conventional agriculture. Both technologies reuse society’s agricultural and organic industrial waste to produce nutritious food and animal feed without continuing to deplete the planet’s land and water resources, thereby converting the world’s wasteful linear food economy into a sustainable, circular food economy. As the report shows, insect and hydroponic farming can create jobs, diversify livelihoods, improve nutrit

Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa

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Phase 2: Scaling

Phase 1: Establishing and Piloting

6. Ways Forward

References

Operation in Turkey

Operation in Turkey

Comparison with Soil-Based Production

Pillars

Limitations

and Cowpeas

5.1 Examples of Human Food or Animal Feed from Hydroponic Crops

Advantages over Soil Agriculture

Outputs

Types of Hydroponic Systems

References

About Hydroponics

Fertilizers, Zimbabwe

Breeding, Zimbabwe

4.22 Black Soldier Fly Larvae Frass Production, by Crop, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

4.7 BSF-Related Conversion Factors

4.4 Productivity of Different African Palm Weevil Farming Systems

Three African Cities

Edible Insect Production Systems

Description of When Consumption Occurs

Insect Production Systems

Edible Insect Supply Chains in African FCV-Affected States

Insect Farming’s Economic Benefits

3.9 Feed Conversion Rates of Various Insect and Livestock Species

Insect Farming’s Social Benefits

Insect Farming’s Environmental Benefits

3.8 Fat and Protein in Various Edible Insect Species

Available in 2019

Insect Sector

3.2 Most Commonly Farmed Insect Species

Types of Insects That Can Be Farmed Roles in Insect Farming for Civil Society, Government, and the

3.1 Diversity and Abundance of Edible Insects in Africa

Insect Farming’s Nutritional Benefits

in Kenya’s Kakuma Refugee Camp, 2016

Context of Insect Farming in Africa

in 13 African FCV Countries, Various Years

Conflict, and Violence

FCV Countries, 2000–19

Road Map

Than Five Years

Food Supply

References

Climate Change in FCV Countries