Insects as food and medicine: a sustainable solution for global health and environmental challenges

Owusu Fordjour Aidoo, Jonathan Osei-Owusu, Kwasi Asante, Aboagye Kwarteng Dofuor, Belinda Obenewa Boateng, Shadrack Kwaku Debrah, Kodwo Dadzie Ninsin, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Shaphan Y. Chia

Frontiers in Nutrition, 10:1113219, 2023

Application of Black Soldier Fly Frass, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) as Sustainable Organic Fertilizer for Lettuce, Lactuca sativa Production

Daniel Dzepe, Théclaire K. Mbenda, Gabrièle Ngassa, Hervé Mube, Shaphan Y. Chia, Yaouba Aoudou, Rousseau Djouaka

Open Journal of Applied Sciences, vol. 12(10), 2022, pp. 1632-1648

Black soldier fly larval meal in feed enhances growth performance, carcass yield and meat quality of finishing pigs

Shaphan Y. Chia, C.M. Tanga, I.M. Osuga, A.O. Alaru, D.M. Mwangi, M. Githinji, T. Dubois, S. Ekesi, J.J.A. van Loon, M. Dicke

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, vol. 7(4), 2021, pp. 433 - 447

Dietary Replacement of Fishmeal by Insect Meal on Growth Performance, Blood Profiles and Economics of Growing Pigs in Kenya

Shaphan Y. Chia, C.M. Tanga, I.M. Osuga, A.O. Alaru, D.M. Mwangi, M. Githinji, Subramanian S., K.K.M. Fiaboe, S. Ekesi, J.J.A. van Loon, M. Dicke

Animals, vol. 9(10), 2019, p. 705

Nutritional composition of black soldier fly larvae feeding on agro‐industrial by‐products

Shaphan Y. Chia, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Isaac M. Osuga, Xavier Cheseto, Sunday Ekesi, Marcel Dicke, Joop J.A. van Loon

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 168(6-7), 2020, pp. 472-481

Smallholder farmers’ knowledge and willingness to pay for insect-based feeds in Kenya

Shaphan Y. Chia, Macharia J, Diiro GM, Kassie M, Ekesi S, van Loon JJA, Marcel Dicke

PLoS ONE, vol. 15(3), 2020, pp. e0230552

Insects for sustainable animal feed: inclusive business models involving smallholder farmers

Shaphan Y. Chia, Chrysantus M. Tanga, Joop J.A. van Loon, Marcel Dicke

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol. 41, 2019, pp. 23-30

Substrates most preferred for black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (L.) oviposition are not the most suitable for their larval development

Hettie A. Boafo, D. S. J. C. Gbemavo, E.C. Timpong-Jones, M. Billah V. Eziah, Shaphan Y. Chia, O.F. Aidoo, V.A. Clottey, M. Kenis

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, vol. 9(2), 2023, pp. 183-192

Threshold temperatures and thermal requirements of black soldier fly Hermetia illucens: Implications for mass production

Shaphan Y. Chia, Tanga CM, Khamis FM, Mohamed SA, Salifu D, Sevgan S, Komi KM Fiaboe, Saliou Niassy, Joop JA van Loon, Marcel Dicke, Sunday Ekesi

PLoS ONE, vol. 13(11), 2018, pp. e0206097

Effects of waste stream combinations from brewing industry on performance of Black Soldier Fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae).

Shaphan Y. Chia, Tanga CM, Osuga IM, Mohamed SA, Khamis FM, Salifu D, Sevgan S, Fiaboe KKM, Niassy S, van Loon JJA, Dicke M, Ekesi S

PeerJ, vol. 6, 2018, pp. 6:e5885

Welfare considerations for farming black soldier flies, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): a model for the insects as food and feed industry

M. Barrett, S.Y. Chia, B. Fischer, J.K. Tomberlin

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, vol. 9(2), 2023, pp. 119-148

Black soldier fly larvae as a sustainable animal feed ingredient in Kenya

Shaphan Y. Chia

Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2019 Dec 20

Species Composition and Host Association of Thrips (Thysanoptera) in The Eastern and Greater Accra Regions, Ghana

Shaphan Y. Chia (CS Yong)

University of Ghana, Legon, Accra - Ghana, 2015 Jul