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Flying Food is attracting more and more attention. This March a reporter from the Dutch public radio interviewed several partners and farmers rearing crickets in Akado and Kabondo (both Kenya). On 3rd and 4th of May part of these interviews will be broadcasted in the programme ‘De Ochtend’ (‘The Morning’) on channel NPO Radio 1.…

At the beginning of March, a workshop was organised in Kisumu to enhance the legislation and policy in the use of insect as food and feed. Monica Ayieko of JOOUST was part of the organising committee. In the two day conference, many aspects of the legislation were discussed. Both Monica and Erwin , Beckers (TNO)…

As Flying Food is an innovative project measuring the results of our activities and sharing data with all partners is key to learn and further develop the project. Project staff in Kenya and Uganda makes use of tablets to collect data and images from farmers who manage a cricket knowledge center and to submit it…

Within the Flying Food Project, not only rearing but also sales of crickets and cricket deriverd products is very important. Elske Janssens, student at HAS University and supervised by Wendy van der Klein from BoPInc looked into the question whether local consumers will accept food products with this new protein source and in what form. From December…

At one and a half year of operation the Flying Food, Marijke de Graaf of partner ICCO Cooperation and Henk van Deventer of TNO discussed the status of the Flying Food project with local coordinators Ablode Kojo, David Kamukama and Phoebe Owuor in Kenya and Uganda. The project counts with well-established and market oriented farmer…

In February 2015, the GreeInsect project organised a study tour to Thailand. A party from the Flying Food Project, consisting of David Kamukama – ICCO, Godfrey Bwogi – Masaka District, Philistine Tieli – ADS, Natasja Gianotten – Jagran, and Jackline Oloo and Prof. Monica Ayieko from JOOUST, was invited to join. This learning visit to…