Essays about: "black soldier fly"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words black soldier fly.

  1. 21. Fatty acid composition of black soldier fly larvae : impact of the rearing substrate

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

    Author : Nils Ewald; [2018]
    Keywords : Black soldier fly; Hermetia illucens; fatty acids; omega-3 fatty acids; malondialdehyde; blue mussels; waste management;

    Abstract : With an increasing world population and meat consumption the black soldier fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens) shows potential as feed for animals, while recycling nutrients from food waste. To produce larvae of high quality as animal feed, further understanding is needed of how the substrate affects the nutritional composition of the larvae. READ MORE

  3. 22. Towards a Zero Waste Vision using Insects – Urban Farming producing New Values in a Swedish Supermarket

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Josef Ingvarsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Insects; Entomophagy; Food Waste; Urban Farming;

    Abstract : The premise of the thesis is that current food systems are unsustainable. In fact, as the global population continues to rise, food systems are under greater strain to deliver quality output in a sustainable way. READ MORE

  4. 23. Nutritional value of some insects and their impact on post weaning diarrhoea caused by Escherichia coli

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Therese Schönborg; [2017]
    Keywords : black soldier fly; house cricket; mealworm larvae; chitin; chitosan;

    Abstract : Insects like Black soldier fly (Hermetia Illucens), Mealworm larvae (Tenebrio Molitor) and House cricket (Acheta Domesticus) are of interest as possible sources of protein to be fed to monogastic animals like pigs and poultry, as they are all thought to have nutrient compositions similar to soybean- or fish meal. This is of interest as the demand for high quality protein is increasing in time with the growing world population. READ MORE

  5. 24. A way out of food insecurity and poverty : the potential of using fly larvae composted faeces as organic fertiliser in sub-Saharan Africa agriculture

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Thabani Eddington Sithabile Chirere; [2016]
    Keywords : food insecurity; hunger; human faeces; black soldier fly; social-ecological systems; sub-Saharan Africa; farmers; consumers; perceptions; poverty;

    Abstract : Chronic food insecurity in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has become an issue of major concern. An estimated minimum of 25 % of the population suffers from malnutrition, and thousands of people die of hunger everyday. READ MORE

  6. 25. Estimating the potential for resource recovery from productive sanitation in urban areas.

    University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

    Author : Daniel Isaac Waya Ddiba; [2016]
    Keywords : Sanitation; Organic solid waste; Resource recovery; Waste reuse; Modelling; Developing countries;

    Abstract : To-date, sanitation has mainly been approached from a public and environmental health perspective and this implies that excreta and other organic waste streams are seen not only as a hazard to quickly get rid of but also as a very costly menace to manage. However, looking at sanitation management from a resource recovery perspective provides an avenue for solutions with multiple co-benefits. READ MORE