Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae improve growth performance and flesh quality of African catfish (Clarias gariepinus)

M. K. Herve, Mekeu D. Calice, D. Dzepe, R. Djouaka, S. Y. Chia, Thomas Efole, S. Ndindeng

Discover Animals, 2025

Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) flour as an emerging functional ingredient for baking flavorful and nutritious whole wheat bread

C. Tanga, Antonny M. Nzomo, P. Ndegwa, S. Ekesi, F. Khamis, K. Akutse, George Ong'amo, B. O. Ochieng, Margaret Kababu, Dennis Beesigamukama, S. Y. Chia, J. Changeh, S. Subramanian, Thomas Dubois, S. Kelemu

Applied Food Research, 2025

Do behavioral attitudes of livestock farmers in Cameroon influence the adoption of insect-based feed? An Application of the Theory of Planned Behavior

Ruth T. Nembu, Boris D. Soh Wenda, M. K. Herve, Nappi Waoupi Hervé, S. Y. Chia, S. Ndindeng, Kamga B. Rodrigue, Dorothy E. Fon

Food and Humanity, 2025

Edible insects as a sustainable solution to food insecurity in conflict-ridden regions of Cameroon

F.C. Ambele, S.Y. Chia, D. Nsobinenyui, K. Akutse, N.H. Ngantu, A.E. Akumeyam, M. Kababu, C. Tanga

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2025

Emerging insect-based aquafeed for sustainable African catfish production

A. N. Maina, I. Osuga, Leonard K Munga, J. Munguti, S. Sevgan, D. K. Barwani, M. Meenakshisundaram, J. Mboya, Stavroula Bourou, Aikaterini Zachariadi, Vassilios Zachariadis, Rodrigue Yossa, Dennis Beesigamukama, B. O. Ochieng, A. Yusuf, S. Y. Chia, D. Liti, C. Tanga

PLoS ONE, 2025

Global Threats of Bean Fly [Ophiomyia spp.] on Common Bean: Perspectives and Limitations of Management Practices

Lawrence O. Onyango, Dennis Beesigamukama, A. Yusuf, Birachi Eliud Abucheli, J. Rubyogo, S. Y. Chia, Arinaitwe Warren, Maria Isabel Gomez, S. Ekesi, Samira Mohamed, Ayuka T. Fombong, S. Subramanian, C. Tanga

Crop Protection, 2025

Heat treatment of black soldier fly frass for soil amendment enhances Brassica rapa growth

S.Y. Chia, Joop J. A. Van Loon, M. Dicke

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 2025

Pretreatment methods for organic waste management as feed for Black Soldier Fly

M. K. Herve, Gatchueng F. Lionel, Ndomou C.H. Serge, Dzepe T. Daniel, S. Y. Chia, K. Raphael, Kenfack Augustave, Djouaka Rousseau, S. Ndindeng

Cleaner Waste Systems, 2025

Effects of frass from larvae of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) and yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) on growth and insect resistance in field mustard (Brassica rapa): differences between insect species and frass treatments

S. Y. Chia, J. V. van Loon, M. Dicke

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 2024

Insect frass fertilizer as a regenerative input for improved biological nitrogen fixation and sustainable bush bean production

Agnes Chepkorir, Dennis Beesigamukama, H. I. Gitari, S. Y. Chia, S. Subramanian, S. Ekesi, Birachi Eliud Abucheli, J. Rubyogo, Theodore Zahariadis, Gina Athanasiou, Aikaterini Zachariadi, Vasileios Zachariadis, A. Tenkouano, C. Tanga

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2024

Review - Insect farming for food and feed in the Global South: Focus on black soldier fly production.

Karol B. Barragán–Fonseca, Daipiero Gómez, Cecilia H. Lalander, D. Dzepe, S. Y. Chia

Animal, 2024

Exploring Insect-based technology for waste management and livestock feeding in selected south and east asian countries

Muhammad Salam, Longyu Zheng, Dezhi Shi, Zheng Huaili, V. Vambol, S. Y. Chia, Md. Nuralam Hossain, A. Mansour, M. Eliw, Mengyao Dong, Amina shazadi, E. Ullah

Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

D. Dzepe, Théclaire K. Mbenda, Gabrièle Ngassa, H. Mube, S. Y. Chia, Yaouba Aoudou, R. Djouaka

Open Journal of Applied Sciences, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

Animals, 2019

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

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

Shaphan Y. Chia

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

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

S. Y. Chia, C. Tanga, I. Osuga, S. Mohamed, F. Khamis, D. Salifu, S. Sevgan, K. Fiaboe, S. Niassy, J. V. van Loon, M. Dicke, S. Ekesi

PeerJ, 2018

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

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

Threshold temperatures and thermal requirements of black soldier fly Hermetia illucens - links to files

S. Y. Chia, C. Tanga, F. Khamis, S. Mohamed, D. Salifu, S. Sevgan, K. Fiaboe, S. Niassy, J. Loon, M. Dicke, S. Ekesi

2018

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