Volume: 53 Issue: 2
Year: 2022, Page: 178-181, Doi: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.2.178-181
Received: June 5, 2021 Accepted: Aug. 24, 2021 Published: June 30, 2022
Waste management with limited resource input under minimum space is the need of the hour. Black Soldier Fly (BSF)/Hermetia illucens is a fly prevailing and flourishing in our tropical climatic condition and is a miracle insect since it can solve a multitude of global problems like waste management, animal feed production and energy production. This fly is highly reputed in converting low quality biomasses in to high protein, high energy larvae meal. In this study we are assessing the quantity of BSF larvae produced from food waste and the waste reduction efficiency of the BSF larvae. Four kilograms of food waste was kept in a modified bin with 6 replicates and the development of the larvae was through natural breeding. The study revealed that from the above said quantity, an average of 0.567kg of BSF larvae can be produced per bin and average waste reduction efficiency was 73.81%.
Keywords: Black soldier fly, Black soldier fly larvae, food waste, natural breeding, waste reduction efficiency
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Rekha, A., Justin, D., Joseph, M., Deepak, M.D.K. and Binoj, C. 2022. Household waste reduction efficiency of Hermetia illucens larvae. J. Vet. Anim. Sci. 53(2): 178-181
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51966/jvas.2022.53.2.178-181