Economic Empowerment
Cheaper livestock feed, grown by farmers from organic waste
Kalindi Brian's FEEDup Uganda trains farmers as out growers, buys black soldier fly larvae from them and turns the larvae into livestock feed he says is cheaper than the current alternatives.
In Uganda, Kalindi Brian says, the high price of livestock feed is leading more farmers to abandon livestock farming. His answer is FEEDup Uganda, which provides livestock feed made out of organic waste.
The model runs on the black soldier fly. FEEDup trains farmers as out growers, buys the black soldier fly larvae from them, and converts the larvae into complete livestock feed that he says is cheaper than what is currently available. He says this creates income for farmers, prevents environmental pollution and increases livestock production.
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Kalindi Brian
"Trained Farmers are getting daily income," he says. They also get manure from the process, which he calls FRASH, and, he says, protection from diseases caused by chemical feeds, since no chemicals are used in feeding the birds and animals on FEEDup feed.
FEEDup is not alone in the market, he says, but it out competes because its feeds are "cheaper, affordable, reliable, and locally sourced."
He puts the larger aim plainly. By providing FEEDup Uganda feed, he says, "we shall have a world free from environmental pollution," with sustainable communities and food security.