The black soldier fly is a tropical and subtropical fly that is increasingly used in animal feed worldwide. It larvae develop in organic plant or animal amtter and agro-industrial by-products. in Africa, they represent a source of protein that can help iprove local poultry feed rations.The aim of this study was to improve the technique of black soldier fly larvae production byusing local substrates for animal feed in Burkina Faso. This study showed that the prodution of black soldier fly larvae by exposing substrates to naturally occurring flies is possible but that yields strongly vary according to the season and the substrates and types of containers used. these results provide important information for the development of sustainable insect-based poultry feed production methods in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Hermetia illucens, proteins, substrates, containers, poultry feed