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Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers

Founder Tommie Hooft van Huijsduijnen, right, talks to worker Godfrey Sali, left, in the rearing warehouse for larvae of the black soldier fly, at Marula Proteen Ltd in Kampala, Uganda Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) Larvae of the black soldier fly, used to produce organic fertilizer from food waste, are seen at Marula Proteen Ltd in Kampala, Uganda Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) Farmer Joseph Wagudoma applies organic fertilizer produced from food waste by larvae of the black soldier fly to the crops in his garden at Kangulumira, Kayunga District, Uganda Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) A worker carries a crate of larvae of the black soldier fly, at Marula Proteen Ltd in Kampala, Uganda Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) Black soldier flies, whose larvae are used to produce organic fertilizer from food waste, are seen in a breeding section in Kangulumira, Kayunga District, Uganda Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda) Muhammad Magezi of agricultural exporter Enimiro checks on cages holding black soldier flies, whose larvae are used to produce organic fertilizer from food waste, in a breeding section in Kangulumira, Kayunga District, Uganda Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. Uganda is a regional food basket but the war in Ukraine has caused fertilizer prices to double or triple, causing some who have warned about dependence on synthetic fertilizer to see larvae farming as an exemplary effort toward sustainable organic farming. (AP Photo/Hajarah Nalwadda)