NESTLER has published a study based on an experiment conducted under the project’s fish pilot in Ethiopia. The study demonstrates that Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL) can completely replace fish meal (FM) without negatively impacting the growth of Nile tilapia or water quality parameters.

You can read the full study, “Replacement of Fishmeal with Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens L.) Larvae (BSFL) Enhances the Growth Performance of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) Fry in Tanks,” here: https://zenodo.org/records/14499105