Increasing incomes of Organic farmers through insect-based bio-conversion of brewery wastes into animal feed and Bio-fertilisers in Rural Communities

Period:
2016
Location:
Vientiane, Laos
Budget granted by ALiSEA:
10,000 USD
Topic:
  • Implementing and disseminating agroecological systems and practices
Agroecology categories:
  • Economy and income
  • Input reduction and recycling
  • Nutrition and diets

Main organisation:
The Association for Green (TAG)
Summary:

A central facility (WASECO’s experimental platform in Ban Souan Mone) will remove brewers’ spent grains (BSG) and spent brewer’s yeast (BY) from the Beer-Lao brewery, and feed a mix to black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), which feed voraciously upon it and produce a protein-rich animal feedstuff and a soil conditioner. Already raised larvae will be distributed to two other sites and fed to chickens. The chicken manure combined with the exhausted soil conditioner (from larvae production) will form a fertilizer that GCDA will use in production of its Organic vegetables in Nalee’s Farm.

Activities:
  • Training on Larvae growing technic in WASECO experimental Platform and training facility (Ban Souan Mone)
  • Construction of a Larvae Growing Facility in a centralized farm in ban Nathom
  • Set up of a logistic and technical support “corridor” (3 times a week) between Ban Souan Mone and Ban Nathom to deliver BSG, BY and Mini-Larvae as well as technical follow up
  • Dissemination of those practices among GCDA members in Vientiane province, Savannakhet, and Luang Prabang
  • The New Practice Test will last 5 month, which is estimated to be sufficient amount of time for GCDA to “demonstrate” impact on growth rate of their vegetables and poultry, and on incomes
Documents:
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