TABLE 4.18 Output Summary of BSFL, Meal, and Frass from Five Key Crops, Zimbabwe Crop
Kilograms per hectare
Mainstreaming Insect Farming
30% waste-to-larvae conversion
10% waste-to-larvae conversion
Total waste/loss Maize
BSFL
BSFL meal
Frass
Total cultivated area (ha)
National total (tons) Total waste/loss
BSFL
BSFL meal
Frass
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
39,551
3,955
1,345
3,955
43,890
1,735,913
173,591
59,021
173,591
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
39,551
11,865
4,034
11,865
43,890
1,735,913
520,774
177,063
520,774
2,147
644
219
644
19,423
41,696
12,509
4,253
12,509
45,187
13,556
4,609
13,556
2,855,450
856,635
291,256
856,635
Sugarcane Wheat
Sugarcane Wheat Total
Source: Original table for this publication. Note: BSFL = black soldier fly larvae; ha = hectares.
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