Course curriculum

  • 1

    Lecture 1 - Food Waste & Waste management

    • Lecture 1.1 -Journey of waste

    • Lecture 1.2 - Food Recovery Hierarchy

    • Lecture 1.3 - Waste is money

    • Lecture 1.4 - Source segregation

    • Food waste and waste management pdf
  • 2

    Lecture 2 - Black Soldier Flies & Why BSF?

    • Lecture 2.1 - About BSF - 1

    • Lecture 2.2 - About BSF - 2

    • Lecture 2.3 - Why BSF?

    • Lecture 2.4 - Benefits of BSF

    • Lecture 2.5 - BSF World wide

    • Black Soilder Flies and why BSF? Pdf
  • 3

    Lecture 3 - BSF Stages, Life cycle and Timelines

    • Lecture 3.1 - BSF Eggs

    • Lecture 3.2 - BSF Larvae

    • Lecture 3.3 - BSF Prepupae Vs BSF Pupae

    • Lecture 3.4 - BSF Adult insect

    • Lecture 3.5 - Life Cycle and Timelines

    • Lecture 3.6 - Engineered Life Cycle

    • BSF stages, life cycle and Timelines pdf
  • 4

    Lecture 4- BSF Farm setup

    • Lecture 4.1 - Choosing location for BSF farm

    • Lecture 4.2 - Design of a BSF Farm

    • Lecture 4.3 - Unit Design and Measurements of a BSF farm

    • BSF farm setup pdf
  • 5

    Lecture 5- Production stage 1- BSF Egg Production

    • Lecture 5.1 - Understanding Flies Breeding Conditions

    • Lecture 5.2 - Light: Sunlight Vs Artificial light

    • Lecture 5.3 - Different sources of light

    • Lecture 5.4 - Different types of flies cage setups

    • Lecture 5.5 - Breeding Room

    • Lecture 5.6 - Attractants Details

    • Lecture 5.7 - Density

    • Lecture 5.8 - BSF Mating Behavior

    • Lecture 5.9 - Egg Collection

    • Practical Video

    • Production stage 1 pdf
  • 6

    Lecture 6- Production Stage 2: 5 day old larvae (5-DOL) production

    • Lecture 6.1 - Egg Hatching Setup

    • Lecture 6.2 - Do’s and Don’ts

    • Lecture 6.3 - Hatching box preparation Video

    • Lecture 6.4 - Hatching tray setup 2

    • Production Stage 2 pdf
  • 7

    Lecture 7- Production Stage 3: Larvae and FRASS production

    • Lecture 7.1 - Different Types of grow-out ponds. Advantages and Disadvantages of each

    • Lecture 7.2 - Feed Source

    • Lecture 7.3 - Getting the grow-out ponds ready for 5 DOLS

    • Lecture 7.4 - Environmental conditions and feed sources requirement for BSF grow-out

    • Lecture 7.5.1 - Harvesting

    • Lecture 7.5.2 - Harvesting Video

    • Lecture 7.6 - Complete Farm setup video

    • Production Stage 3 pdf
  • 8

    Lecture 8 - Production stage 4: Prepupae production

    • Lecture 8.1.1 - BSF Prepupae pond design

    • Lecture 5.1.2 - BSF mating

    • Lecture 8.2 - Stacking Ponds

    • Lecture 8.3 - Suitable feed for Prepupae

    • Lecture 8.4 - Do’s & Don’ts

    • Lecture 8.5 - Video explaining Pre-pupation pond

    • Production Stage 4 pdf
  • 9

    Lecture 9 - Challenges of BSF farm

    • Lecture 9.1 - Waste collection

    • Lecture 9.2.1 - Pest Challenge in BSF 1

    • Lecture 9.2.2 - Pest Challenge in BSF 2

    • Lecture 9.3 - Human resources handling

    • Challenges of BSF farm pdf
  • 10

    Lecture 10 - Economics behind BSF farming

    • Lecture 10.1 - What you save on feed for your poultry or aquaculture units LIVE FEED

    • Lecture 10.2 - What you earn as BSF Farmer?

    • Lecture 10.3 - Products of BSF farming

    • Lecture 10.4 - Focus

    • Economics behind BSF farm pdf