Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD)

Center of excellence in research and development of insect products. #bsf #uganda

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

@IST_Uganda @unwomenuganda @OxfaminUganda @ACFinUganda @acfode @WeEffectEA @uganda_climate @pelum_uganda Thank you @IST_Uganda for building the capacity of Market Women in Black soldier fly farming

[The Institute for Social Transformation @IST_Uganda]

Every day, market vendors in Uganda battle mountain-high piles of organic waste that disrupt their businesses.

With the support of Korea Hope Foundation, IST in partnership with @CIRD_Insects trained 100 vendors from Gayaza in Black Soldier Fly (BSF) production innovation!

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

We are proud to share that our Executive Director and Co-Founder of Center for Insect Research and Development (CIRD), and Lecturer at Makerere University, has been invited as a panellist at the Insects to Feed the World Conference 2026 taking place on 9–12 June 2026 in Italy.

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

Phase two trainings

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

CIRD hosted delegates from Uganda national agricultural extension week at their insect farm. This was organised by UFAAS Uganda #ugandanationalagricultureextensionweek #bsfuganda #maaif

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

Center for insect Research and Development continues to mobilize farmers in Uganda
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[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

Dear clients we wish to inform you that mr stephen ibolia is not a staff of CIRD for now two years. Please transact with him on individual basis and all liabilities address them with him. Thanks CIRD management.

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

Cird shares its experiences at the Uganda National Agricultural Extension Week 2026. Sharing BSF farming Uganda's Emerging Opportunity with potential for Job creaation, income generation #bsf #csa

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@IST_Uganda Cird is happy to support...will soon be visiting them

[The Institute for Social Transformation @IST_Uganda]

for inclusive growth and transformation. The day featured moving testimonies from women and youth vendors, who described how our collaborative interventions have transformed their market stalls into engines of social empowerment and economic opportunity.

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

@IST_Uganda @WeEffectEA @Sida @ssnc_global @unwomenuganda @OxfaminUganda @actionaiduganda @uwonet @uhocuhousing @pelum_uganda @acfode @WFP_Uganda @ntvuganda Welldone our partners in development

[The Institute for Social Transformation @IST_Uganda]

Obedience is closing the loop by using these nutrient-rich BSF larvae as a high-protein, low-cost alternative for poultry feed.

Instead of relying on expensive, imported feeds, she is producing her own "superfood" that makes her chickens grow faster & healthier.

[The Institute for Social Transformation @IST_Uganda]

#MondayMotivation
Today, we celebrate a visionary woman in Kalerwe market who isn't just talking about climate change, she's solving it.

By recycling organic market waste through BSF farming, she has transformed a sanitation challenge into a source of high-quality protein.

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

CIRD can now support farmers in black soldier fly value addition as we have bsf oil filtration and press, an efficient dryer. Thanks to development partners @icipe

[Center For Insect Research & Development (CIRD) @CIRD_Insects]

Cird hosts Maaif senior entomologist Mr Collins Nutarinda who under climate smart came to document CIRD bsf farm experiences on black soldier fly farming in Uganda

[The Institute for Social Transformation @IST_Uganda]

Opportunities in this are that we are building a green jobs where innovation pays. From waste-to-energy manufacturing, this generates income for sustainable livelihoods across the entire clean energy value chain.- Mariam Namukose added.