The Insect Protein Collaboration Database AgriFood Africa Connect KTN

The Insect Protein
Collaboration Database
July 2021
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Contents
You can click on each section to be taken to the relevant page.
Terms of Use………………………..3
How to use the database…………..4
Insect production……………………5
Insect based feed………………….15
Insect processing…………………..23
Insect breeding…………………….30
Feedstocks for insects…………….33
Fundamental insect research…….36
Insects as food………………….....39
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Terms of Use
We make this database available on the condition that it is not directly
reproduced or used for any other purpose than to support making productive
collaborations.
It should not be used for any other use without express permission.
We request that you do not blanket contact those included and respectfully
approach potential collaborators.
Let us know if you do make any new collaborations thanks to this database.
Get in touch at
gcrf.agrifood@ktn-uk.org
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How to use the database

The Insect Protein Collaboration Database features organisations in the UK and
Africa who are looking to collaborate around insect protein innovation.
Search by area of operation / interest

Click on each topic below to go to the relevant page. You can also click on any
section of the contents page.
Insect production
Insect based feed
Insect processing
Insect breeding
Feedstocks for insects
Fundamental insect research
Insects as food
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Insect
production
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The Bug Picture | Laura
Stanford
Type of organisation: Industry

Aspect of operation / interest: Insect production
Location: Rwanda and Kenya
The organisation
Using insects to create sustainable solutions to environmental and social
challenges in the region.
What they can offer

Black soldier fly larvae breeding knowledge, offtaker of larvae for product
development
What they are looking for

Collaborations within the insect sector in East Africa - there is plenty of room for us
all
Contact details
www.thebugpicture.com | Laura@thebugpicture.com
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EntoCube Ltd | Jaakko Korpela

Location: Finland and Netherlands
The organisation
We sell and develop farming technology and services for commercial cricket
producers
What they can offer

We offer farming technology products and services for commercial cricket producers

Clients and partners
Contact details
www.entocube.com | jaakko@entocube.com
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Enviro-Gro Farms Ltd | Eme
Tony-Uzoebo

Location: Nigeria
The organisation
We are setting up a black soldier fly larvae production in Nigeria to handle waste
from our farming clusters and the significant organic waste in Lagos.
What they can offer

Opportunity for trials, data, new models and access to one of the biggest markets in
Africa

Technical expertise especially in breeding and production
Contact details
www.envirogrofarms.com | emeraba@gmail.com

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Tambuzi Ltd. | Tim Hobbs

Location: Kenya
The organisation
Circular Farming / Flowers / Livestock / Insect protein / Organic Matter back into
flowers
What they can offer

Insect production capacity / Insect Protein for Livestock Feed / Frass for Farm
Compost input

Contact and knowledge on Insect Production techniques
Contact details
www.tambuzi.co.ke | tim.hobbs@tambuzi.co.ke

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Centre for Women and Food

Security-Ghana |
Kamasa Dorothy Azimi
Type of organisation: Research

Location: Ghana
The organisation
We're in food security Research and Advocacy, Providing Social and Technical
support to Rural Women farmers and helping them build food Security.
What they can offer

I have over 5 years of experience in community development, food security research
and Agriculture productivity: through my varied experience I believe I a lot a offer
depending on the needs of the Organization, I am highly adaptable and can work in
cross-cultural environments.

I would like partner with other Organizations and bid for funding to execute projects
Contact details
https://cewafsghana.com | kamasa16@ymail.com

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Chanzi Ltd | Andrew Wallace

Location: Kenya
The organisation
Converts organic waste into protein for animal feed using BSF.
What they can offer

R&D partnerships, employment, joint ventures, partnerships in Tanzania, Kenya and
Zanzibar

R&D partnerships, employment, joint ventures
Contact details
www.chanzi.co | andrew@chanzi.co

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Ressect | Proscovia Alando

Location: Kenya
The organisation
Ressect Farms Black Soldier Fly Insects as alternative protein source in animal feed
production
What they can offer

Insect Larvae meal, Trainings, Fertiliser, Consultancy on insect Farming

Organic waste, Customers, Machinery and Equipment, Financial Support
Contact details
pros.aqua13@gmail.com
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Mupany foods | Maria Do Carmo

Alves
Type of organisation: Food Safety Consultancy

Location: Angola
The organisation
Quality control to national food producers and research about Angolean species of
edible insects
What they can offer

Knowledge about traditional consumption of insects in Angola based on field
research.

Knowledge in insects production and quality control (mainly Lepidoptera)
Contact details
mupany.com | malves@mupany.com

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GoGrow International | Dr Rob

Smorfitt

Location: UK and Portugal
The organisation
Use Total Controlled Environment Agriculture (TCEA) to produce snails all year
around for meat, caviar and mucin
What they can offer

Access to our technology

Skills in food production
Contact details
www.gogrow.net | www.yougrow.biz | rob@smorfitt.com
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Insect based
feed
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International Centre of Insect
Physiology and Ecology (icipe) | Chrysantus M. Tanga

Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The organisation
ICIPE's mission is to help alleviate poverty, ensure food security and improve the
overall health status of peoples of the tropics, by developing and extending
management tools and strategies for harmful and useful arthropods, while preserving
the natural resource base through research and capacity building
What they can offer

Knowledge on insect production, insect-based feed, insects as food and insect
processing

Knowledge on insect breeding
Contact details
http://www.icipe.org/ | ctanga@icipe.org

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Manna Insect | Ykä Marjanen

Location: Finland
The organisation
We provide solutions to breed and rear insects on-site
What they can offer

Easy to use process and technology to breed and rear insects in farms and markets,
near bio waste or feed source

Collaboration on larvae use and users for our solution
Contact details
https://www.mannainsect.com | yka.marjanen@mannainsect.com

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Laharoi international |
Abudurasak Badina

Location: United Kingdom
The organisation
Research
What they can offer

Research services

Funding
Contact details
rasaqbadina@yahoo.co.uk

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Hydro Victoria Fish Hatchery

Farm Ltd | Fredrick Juma Ouma

Aspect of operation / interest: Insect based feed
Location: Kenya
The organisation
Fish feed and poultry feed formulation, hatching fish and sell to farmers then
aggregate, value add produce to offtake to end market. Social entrepreneurship and
agribusiness
What they can offer

Equity shares, customer base, local innovations, profit sharing

Technology, equipment, research, innovations, grants, export market for value-
added produce
Contact details
www.hydrovictoriafishhatcheryfarm.co.ke | fjuma20032003@gmail.com

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Omega hightech feeds | Jacob

Matovu

Location: Uganda
The organisation
Developing insects as animal feed additive
What they can offer

Support in terms education, and collaboration in business
Contact details
linkedin.com/in/jacobmatovu/ | matoisrael@gmail.com

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Dunarea de Jos University of

Galati (UDJG) | Isabelle Metaxa

Location: România
The organisation
Research in freshwater fishculture
What they can offer

biotechnical and aquacultural expertise

Insects products for sustainable feed fish
Contact details
www.ugal.ro | imetaxa@ugal.ro
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University of Nottingham | Peter

Noy

Location: United Kingdom
The organisation
Fundamental and applied research, in this case we have a future protein platform
looking at the manipulation of mealworms to increase protein production for food or
feed.
What they can offer

Scientific research expertise on mealworm manipulation, including feeding regimes
and novel technologies to boost protein production.

A commercial outlet for the research
Contact details
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/future-food/our-
research/food-for-health/future-proteins-platform/index.aspx
| peter.noy@nottingham.ac.uk

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Insect
processing
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NutriEnto Ltd. | Kristian Larsen

Aspect of operation / interest: Insect processing
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
The organisation
Rear and sell BSF eggs, larvae and frass for local and international market
What they can offer

Supply of good quality BSF products at a reasonable price, a facility to rear,
someone trust worthy to run an operation here

Access to market, Intellectual property, funding
Contact details
www.nutriento.co.ke | Kristian@NutriEnto.co.ke

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Microwave Technologies
Consulting | Marilena Radoiu
Type of organisation: R&D and process development

Location: France
The organisation
Microwave-assisted processing for different applications.
What they can offer

Feasibility studies, industrial equipment development

Contracted work
Contact details
www.microwavetechs.com | mradoiu@microwavetechs.com

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Queen’s University Belfast |

Katerina Theodoridou
Type of organisation: Academia

Location: UK
The organisation
Academia
What they can offer

Evaluate the nutritive value of insects as animal feed. Animal trials. Fundamental
insect work.

Collaboration on the same field (animal nutrition) or other disciplines
Contact details
https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/katerina-theodoridou | k.theodoridou@qub.ac.uk

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Food Science Fusion Ltd | Ruth
Dolby
Type of organisation: Research/ Application specialist/ Knowledge transfer

Location: UK
The organisation
Application of ingredients for food & feed and specialising in multi-disciplinary team
working & co-ordination
What they can offer

Experience in ingredient application in a variety of products and categories
specialising in gathering a multi-disciplinary teams and problem solving

A challenge to solve and open ethical collaboration
Contact details
https://www.fsfusion.co.uk/ | rdolby@fsfusion.co.uk

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University of Sheffield | James

McGregor

Location: UK
The organisation
We are an academic research group focused on the valorisation of waste and low-
value co-products; in the context of insects we are interested in producing chemicals
and fuels from e.g. oils and/or chitin.
What they can offer

We can work with insect rearing organisations to, e.g. add value to the end product if
being used for protein, by developing routes to utilise fats and/or chitin for maximum
value. We can also offer process engineering expertise to look at full process
development at all stages of the system from feedstock pretreatment to downstream
processing.

We are looking to partner with insect rearing and/or protein producing organisations
who are seeking to further develop the chemical engineering aspects of their
processes or to maximise revenue streams.
Contact details
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/cbe/people/academic-staff/james-mcgregor
| james.mcgregor@sheffield.ac.uk

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University of Hertfordshire |
Guogang Ren
Type of organisation:
Location: UK
The organisation
Higher education and research
What they can offer

I am interested in finding special nontoxic or less toxic chitosans / polysachhrides or
proteins that insects might be able to produce to fight the spreading of viral infections
caused by Covid-19.
Contact details
https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/guogang-ren(aa9887fb-5710-
4f8e-a84e-7b50f59a1094).html | g.g.ren@herts.ac.uk

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Insect breeding
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University of Edinburgh, The

Roslin Institute | Gregor Gorjanc

Aspect of operation / interest: breeding
Location: UK
The organisation
Research and development in breeding, genetics and genomics.
What they can offer

Know-how on breeding, genetics and genomics from livestock, crops and insects.

Collaboration partners interested in developing genomic resources, quantitative
genetic studies, and setting up breeding programmes.
Contact details
roslin.ed.ac.uk | gregor.gorjanc@roslin.ed.ac.uk
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Bingham University | Dr. Gabriel

Anyanwu

Aspect of operation / interest: breeding
Location: Nigeria
The organisation
Provide tertiary education to undergraduate and graduate students
What they can offer

Research collaboration; knowledge and technical expertise on insects breeding;
funding for insect breeding and research

Research collaboration
Contact details
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=0303Lm0AAAAJ&hl=en |
gabrielanyanwu@binghamuni.edu.ng

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Feedstocks
for insects
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Nutritionhub | Bridget Ristow

Aspect of operation / interest: Feedstock for insects
Location: South Africa
The organisation
Consulting
What they can offer

Feedstock Consultations and Animal Feed Diet Formulations with insects

Clients and networking
Contact details
http://nutritionhub.co.za/ | bridgetristow@gmail.com
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GS INIMA | Mercè Baldi Coll

Aspect of operation / interest: Feedstock for insects
Location: Spain, Brasil, Algeria, Morocco
The organisation
Water and Wastewater treatment Projects
What they can offer

R&D plant sites and Dewatered sludge to try as a feedstock for BSF

Knowledge on BSF breeding and production, a BSF insect production plant where
we could try the sludge as a feedstock or a collaboration to make a pilot production
plant on our site to do the R&D and try the dewatered sludge to produce or grow
BSF
Contact details
inima.com | mbaldi@inima.com

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Fundamental
insect research
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Cape Coast Technical
University | Francis Padi Lamptey

Aspect of operation / interest: Fundamental insect research
Location: Ghana
The organisation
Research - Academia (University)
What they can offer

I will help carryout basic research on insects and formulate composite food and feed
from insects and other crops.

Knowledge and collaboration for grants
Contact details
cctu.edu.gh | francis.lamptey@cctu.edu.gh
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GB Agritech Consult and
Enterprises / University of Benin
| Gideon Odafe

Aspect of operation / interest: Fundamental insect research
Location: Nigeria
The organisation
We do research on food, health and industrial value, and the utilization of Biological
resources.
What they can offer

(1) Info on various edible insects in Nigeria. Production, processing and packaging.
Export potential.
(2) Production and utilization of maggotry meal for poultry feed.
(3) Extraction and utilization of Rhino larval oil. Export potential.

(1) Research collaboration (2) Supply of equipment (3) Financial aid/ grant
Contact details
www.uniben.com | shalomeodafe@gmail.com

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Insects as food
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Youth for Change intl. | Lumbani
Mvula

Aspect of operation / interest: Insects as food
Location: Malawi
The organisation
Involving the youth in agriculture
What they can offer

Training them on turning insects into chicken feeds

More skills on insects processing.
Contact details
https://www.linkedin.com/in/lumbani-mvula-11707208 | lumbikemvula@gmail.com
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Cardiff University | Chris Bear

Location: UK
The organisation
Higher Education research and teaching
What they can offer

Social science research (e.g. consumer attitudes, policy review), qualitative social
research (interviews, focus groups). Especially interested in insects-as-food but in
insect protein more generally. I am currently a Co-Director of Woven - the UK
Network for Insects as Food and Feed.

Collaboration opportunities
Contact details
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/123317-bear-christopher |
bearck@cardiff.ac.uk

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Ahmed Rady | Nottingham

University

Location: UK
The organisation
My role in the FWW Research group is to apply non-invasive optical and ultrasonic
sensors for food quality evaluation.
What they can offer

We have in the group state of the art spectroscopic and ultrasonic sensors. We also
have access to other systems along the UoN campuses in University Park and
Sutton Bonington

Collaboration chance. I work with Nik Watson, Associate Prof. at the Chemical Eng.,
UoN. I also have contacts in Egypt as a promising site for cooperation in the area of
insect research
Contact details
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/ | ahmed.rady@nottingham.ac.uk

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Jo Gould | University of
Nottingham
Type of organisation:
Location: UK
The organisation
Research
What they can offer

Processing and Ingredient Functionality Research

Collaborations in the supply chain
Contact details
https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biosciences/people/joanne.gould |
joanne.gould@nottingham.ac.uk

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Maricruz Bermudez | Entomoque
Type of organisation: Consultancy

Location: Germany/Costa Rica
The organisation
Promote insects as food
What they can offer

Consultancy on insects as food and feed

Industry insights on the market and production processes
Contact details
www.entomoque.com (not available yet) | entomoque@gmail.com

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Ramon Muns | AFBI

Location: UK
The organisation
Research in agriculture and livestock nutrition, production, environmental impact and
health
What they can offer

Research expertise and research facilities

A research partner to prepare project proposals, insect meal
Contact details
https://www.afbini.gov.uk/ | ramon.muns@afbini.gov.uk
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How to use the database…………..4

Insect based feed………………….15

Feedstocks for insects…………….33

Fundamental insect research…….36

How to use the database

Search by area of operation / interest

Insect based feed

Feedstocks for insects

Fundamental insect research

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The Bug Picture | Laura

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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EntoCube Ltd | Jaakko Korpela

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Enviro-Gro Farms Ltd | Eme

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Tambuzi Ltd. | Tim Hobbs

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Centre for Women and Food

Type of organisation: Research

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Chanzi Ltd | Andrew Wallace

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Ressect | Proscovia Alando

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Mupany foods | Maria Do Carmo

Type of organisation: Food Safety Consultancy

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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GoGrow International | Dr Rob

Type of organisation: Industry

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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International Centre of Insect

Physiology and Ecology (icipe) | Chrysantus M. Tanga

Type of organisation: Research

What they can offer

What they are looking for

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Manna Insect | Ykä Marjanen

Type of organisation: Industry