Rabeya Khatun's Black Soldier Fly Farm

About

Rabeya Khatun (32) of Kismatghona village in Tala upazila, Satkhira, is known locally as a successful producer of fish feed from black soldier fly pupae and larvae. Her six-member family lives from fish and shrimp farming in their two ghers, and rising feed prices had pushed up their costs. Through the 'Safe fish and fish product production and marketing' sub-project of the RMTP project run by Satkhira Unnayan Sangstha (SUS), she trained in black soldier fly production and received a Tk 40,000 demonstration setup. With help from her husband Moniruzzaman Sohag she was producing a good amount of pupae and larvae within two months. She now uses an average of 8–10 kg of larvae a day in her own ghers; the fish grow faster and feed costs have fallen by about 30 percent. Her farm has become a place where others learn: people visit regularly, and many gher farmers in the area are now taking up black soldier fly production after her.

Products and services

• Black soldier fly larvae and pupae

  8–10 kg a day, used as fish feed in her own ghers

• Fish and shrimp

  Farmed in two ghers

Address and hours

To learn or to work here

• Visitors welcome