Novel soil booster : insect-composted organic fertilizer for increased crop yield, nutritional quality, and profitability

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2022-02

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Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae take only 5 weeks to produce mature organic fertilizer, compared to 12 – 24 weeks for conventional composting, and where BSF organic fertilizer is superior in nutrients to commercial organic fertilizers. The policy brief provides graphics and tables comparing BSF insect composted organic fertilizer (ICOF) with synthetic fertilizer (NPK) and commercially available organic fertilizer on maize, tomatoes, kales and French beans. The full potential of this technology for improved crop productivity requires more research as well as enabling policy interventions to regulate production and marketing, and to support scaling and adoption.

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FERTILIZERS, INSECTS AS FEED, HERMETIA ILLUCENS, BLACK SOLDIER FLY, COMPOST, ORGANIC FERTILIZER, SOIL IMPROVEMENT, SMALLHOLDERS, AGRONOMY, CROP YIELD, SOUTH OF SAHARA

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http://hdl.handle.net/10625/60935

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IDRC Research Results / Résultats de recherches du CRDI
2020-2029 / Années 2020-2029
Research Results (CRFS) / Résultats de recherches (SARC)