Zimbabwe

TABLE 4.18 Output Summary of BSFL, Meal, and Frass from Five Key Crops, Zimbabwe

10% waste-to-larvae conversion

30% waste-to-larvae conversion Crop

Total waste/loss Kilograms per hectare

BSFL BSFL meal Frass

Total cultivated area (ha)

Total waste/loss National total (tons)

BSFL BSFL meal Frass

maize 710 71 24 71 1,133,690 804,367 80,437 27,348 80,437

groundnut 1,222 122 42 122 168,043 205,394 20,539 6,983 20,539

soybean 1,557 156 53 156 43,713 68,080 6,808 2,315 6,808 sugarcane 39,551 3,955 1,345 3,955 43,890 1,735,913 173,591 59,021 173,591 wheat 2,147 215 73 215 19,423 41,696 4,170 1,418 4,170

Total 45,187 4,519 1,536 4,519 2,855,450 285,545 97,085 285,545

maize 710 213 72 213 1,133,690 804,367 241,310 82,045 241,310

groundnut 1,222 367 125 367 168,043 205,394 61,618 20,950 61,618

soybean 1,557 467 159 467 43,713 68,080 20,424 6,944 20,424 sugarcane 39,551 11,865 4,034 11,865 43,890 1,735,913 520,774 177,063 520,774 wheat 2,147 644 219 644 19,423 41,696 12,509 4,253 12,509

Total 45,187 13,556 4,609 13,556 2,855,450 856,635 291,256 856,635

Source: Original table for this publication. Note: BSFL = black soldier fly larvae; ha = hectares.