This PPT explains how BSF Larvae can be a very promising future research area for many different academic fields.

1. Black Soldier Fly (BSF)-Larvae: A Very
Promising Future Interdisciplinary
Research Area
Zaid P Nasution, PhD
(Environmental Engineering Department, USU)
4th Talenta Cest Conference, November, 24th, 2021

2. BSF Market is expected to reach $3,4 Billion by
2030; Asia Pacific has the Largest Share.

3. Professor Council of IPB
University Has Held Several
Webinars on BSF in 2021

4. Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Life Cycle (44-45 days) and The
Importance of Larvae and Prepupal Stage

5. Organic Waste, (60% of Urban Solid
Waste), as the feed for the larvae.
55% of the Organic Waste will be ‘removed’ (digested by larvae) within days.
First of all, it solves our organic waste problem.
Thus, it can reduce waste transportation cost and Final Disposal Cost.

6. Why BSF-L is very interesting?
 First and foremost, it is a (one of the best) solution to proceed large amount of
organic waste:
 1 ton of organic waste can be degraded/removed daily by 200kg of BSF-Larvae
 Fast decomposition processes: 1-2 days compare to normal decomposing processes
that might take months.
 Short life-cycle, BSF-L can be harvested only within 15-18 days.
 Climate Friendly, where its rearing produces less carbon
 Secondly, it helps solve 3 main problems at once: environment, land pressure
and malnutrition:
 Environment: Organic waste and the climate
 Land pressure for food production, and pesticides in the soil
 Organic food and a healthier life (for animal and human)

7. Resources Needed to Produce 1 kg of protein
(Magalarva, 2020)

8. Future Protein Source Globally
 Global demand for protein has (always) increased
while current protein sources is declining.
 Global meat demand
 Growing aquaculture industry
 Growing demand from animal feed industry
 Land pressure problem due to the high demand for
protein based on plants.
 High price (and import) of soybean and fish oil as
protein sources,

9. BSF-L Proximate
Not only protein but also fat and chitin.

10. Other Benefits by consuming BSF-source
ingredient feed (in Kenya, Africa)

11. https://www.manaimpact.com/post/a-primer-on-the-black-soldier-fly-market-in-asia

12. Why BSF-L is very relevant and promising
for Indonesia
 Indonesia tropical climate is (one of) the best environmental condition
for BSF to live.
 BSFs have been very popular in Indonesia, where many small (and
medium and big) BSF-farmers have reared them…, and produced some
of the derivates..…, but need more research and development for their
derivative products and their by product.
 Thus, Indonesia has the potential to be the centre development of BSF-
L.

13. BSF Farmers Geographical Distribution in Indonesia
(Fishery Cultivation Directorate General, 2021)

14. Several Big Names in Indonesia

15. Magalarva Co-Founder, was Awarded
Forbes 30 by Forbes-Asia Magazine

16. Some Calculation
 SW is produced: 0,5 kg/p/day, 60% organic waste = 0,3 kg/p/h
 Take 1 sub district: Medan Belawan: Population of 99.100 people, produces organic waste of:
33 ton/day  ‘Almost free’ food for BSF-Larvae.
 Enough food for 2 ton of BSF-L/day
 If the price of 1 kg is (only) Rp. 5.000,- (fresh larvae); then the 3 ton would worth of Rp 10
million/day = Rp 300 million/month.
 That value is received when the larvae is sold as fresh larvae (the lowest value).
 For getting much higher value, only if they can be sold as:
 Dried larvae, can be stored for longer time, and the price is 10-15 times higher than fresh BSF-L.
Can be sold to different regions/countries.
 BSF-L oil:
 BSF-L meal/flour:
 BSFL-left-over food, the bio-conversion (liquid) fertilizer:

17. Fresh Maggot = Rp 5000/kg; Dried Maggot = 3x Fresh
Maggot; Rp. 15.000/kg  Production Cost
Standard Quality:
5 lb = 2,4 kg; $27.99; $11,66/kg
= Rp 169.000/kg
Premium Quality:
140gr = Rp. 22.500; 1kg =
Rp 160.700
Standard Quality:
Rp 83.900/kg

18. So, what can we do?
We can do some research on this BSF Larvae -
related topics together.

19. Various Potential Research (and Business) Area
on BSF-L in Different Faculties
 Environmental Engineering: Organic Waste Reduction and Climate Implication
 Mechanical/Physical Engineering: Physical Environmental Design To Produce BSF-L Derivates
More Effectively; Bio-material.
 Chemical Engineering: Produce BSF–L Derivates; extract protein, fat and chitin for further
derivate products and productions; Bio-material.
 Industrial/Production Engineering: Design An Innovative Small-scale (household level BSF Box;
Design A Proper Delivery Container; Other Relevant Equipment.
 Electrical / Information Technology: BSF-L Apps and Platforms, to facilitate trading and
distribution
 Architecture/Urban Planning: Urban/Regional Solid Waste Management
 Faculty of Engineering

20. Various Potential Research (and Business) Area
on BSF-L in Different Faculties
 Faculty of Agriculture: Development of Bio-conversion Liquid Fertilizer
 Department of Biology: Hatching and Breeding Technology
 Pharmacy: Medicine and Cosmetics (chitin/chitosan and fat/lipid)
 Medical: Bio-Medicine and Health (saturated fatty acid for anti-bacterial and anti-microbial
to inhibit pathogenic microorganism)
 Psychology: Perception (of consumer) and Behavior (of Citizen)
 Veterinary: Pets Feed
 Economics: Trading, Marketing and Exporting
 Law: Government Rules and Standards
 Social Science: Social Intervention
 Political Science: Negotiation on Trade Regulation
 Non-Engineering Faculties

21. The more we do research on BSF-L, The more
organic waste problem will be resolved.
Thank You

25. Why BSF-L is so interesting?
 BSF-L is the Future Global
Alternative Protein Source, for
animals (and for human).
 BSF-L is the Future Global
Alternative Lipid (Oil)and Chitin
source.
 BSF-L food left-over is the Future
Global Alternative Fertilizer (Dry
and Liquid Fertilizer) for Soil and
Plantation.

26. Various Main Products and Their Derivates
Main Products
 Fresh larvae
 Dried Larvae
 BSF-L Powder / Meal
 BSF-L Oil
 Cocoon/Pupa
 BSF-L By Product: Frass for Fertilizers
Derivates
 Protein Feed source to replace soybean and
fish oil for animal feed
 BSF-oil, Bio-mass (bio-fuel) to replace palm
oil
 BSF-Cocoon/Pupa, to produce Chitin-
Chitosan, for Pharmaceutical, to increase
human health
 BSF-Cocoon/Pupa, for Cosmetics:
 Cocoon/Pupa to Produce Chitin-Chitosan, for
bio-composite and others
 Bio-Fertilizer to replace traditional fertilizers

27. Various Applications of BSF-L Products
 Animal Feed
 Antibiotic and Hematology
 Aquaculture
 Bio-fertilizer (frass)
 Bio-refinery
 Bio-sanitation
 Cocoon/Pupa for Chitin-Chitosan – Bio-
Wastewater Treatment
 Bio-Oil
 Nutrition and Chemical Properties
 Future Protein Source, form animals (and
human)
 Climate Change
 Organic Waste Reduction
 Economic Scale
 Human Food – Psychology
 Growth Media
 Municipal Solid Waste Management
 Life Cycle
 Economic-Market Analysis
 Production Technology
 Derived Products

28. Global Keyplayers
 AgriProtein (A Part of Insect Technology Group)
(England),
 Protix B.V. (Netherlands),
 Enterra Feed Corporation (Canada),
 InnovaFeed (France),
 EnviroFlight LLC (U.S.),
 Bioflytech (Spain),
 Sfly (France),
 Hexafly (Ireland),
 nextProtein (France),
 F4F (Chile),
 Entofood (Malaysia),
 Entobel Holding PTE. Ltd. (Singapore),
 Nutrition Technologies Group (Malaysia),
 and Protenga Pte Ltd (Singapore), among
others.

29. 4 Keypoints  Change the content an
structure
 Point 1: Introduction to BSFL in General and BSF-L Cycle
 Point 2: The Benefit of BSF-L for the Environment and other Sectors
 Point 3: Future Demand on BSF-L
 Point 4: Current and Future Interdisciplinary Research on BSF-L

30. Nationally Recognized Players
Private Company
 Magalarva
 Waste4Change
 Biomagg International Synergy
 Maggot Indonesia Lestari
NGO and Gov’t
 Koloni BSF Indonesia
 Nutrisi Farm
 Pega Indonesia
 Lumajang Recycle Center
 TPA Blondo Semarang
 UPS Merdeka 2 Depok

31. Land Needed, Organic waste Proceeded and
BSF-L Produced
No Institutions Occupied
Land
Organic Waste
Proceed
Fresh BSF
1 Magalarva 10 ton/day 1 ton/day
2 Waste4 Change 247m2 1 ton/day (food
waste)
500 kg/month
3 Biomagg 2000m2 2 ton/day 400 kg/day
4 Koloni BSF Indonesia 400m2 - 500kg/day
5 Maggot Indonesia
Lestari
2 ha 12 ton/day 2400 kg/day

32. Don’t forget to add:
 Video from Nas Daily  Illustration, with photos, BSF-L with
many arrows to various of its
products

33. BSF-L (Maggot) commercial product