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Demand is scaling.
Demand for alternative proteins is scaling rapidly across Africa as producers look to replace expensive soy and fishmeal in animal feed.
Fig. 1 · Rearing capacity (abstract)
Independent research · Nairobi, Kenya
Advancing insect welfare through science and sensing.
EntoMetrics Africa investigates Black Soldier Fly welfare and develops evidence-led approaches to humane rearing in the Global South.
PROGRAMME STATUS
- Telemetry pilot:
- in preparation
- Welfare assays:
- methodology in development
- Nairobi, Kenya
- Independent research
- Open protocols: forthcoming
About
Why this work matters
02 / 03
A critical blind spot.
Industrial rearing practices overwhelmingly treat insects purely as mechanical waste-conversion units. This rapid expansion creates a critical empirical and ethical blind spot.
Fig. 2 · Substrate temperature against a provisional threshold
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Our approach.
EntoMetrics Africa fills this gap by bridging biological research with low-cost hardware engineering, ensuring that alternative protein production across developing agricultural systems is scientifically grounded, resource-efficient and ethically responsible.
Three pillars
Insect welfare science
Empirical research on how larvae experience heat, handling and slaughter.
Micro-climate telemetry
Low-cost, offline-capable substrate monitoring for tropical farms.
Humane production standards
Evidence to inform practical rules for producers and standard-setters.
Mission and vision
Our Mission
To reduce systemic welfare risks in insect bioconversion systems…
Our Vision
A global agricultural paradigm where invertebrate welfare is fundamentally integrated into industrial production…
Research Hub
Research programmes
Substrate Telemetry and Thermal-Stress Mitigation
Developing offline-first substrate probes designed to send SMS alerts when bed temperatures exceed critical thresholds.
Developing offline-first substrate probes designed to send SMS alerts when bed temperatures exceed critical thresholds.
Status: PILOT IN PREPARATIONBehavioural and Physiological Welfare Indicators
Developing low-cost on-farm tools to assess physiological and behavioural welfare indicators.
Developing low-cost on-farm tools to assess physiological and behavioural welfare indicators.
Status: IN DEVELOPMENTHumane Slaughter and Loss-of-Responsiveness Assays
A planned randomised comparison of common harvest methods against pre-specified behavioural endpoints.
A planned randomised comparison of common harvest methods against pre-specified behavioural endpoints.
Status: METHODOLOGY IN DEVELOPMENT
Protocols and statistical analysis plans will be published before data collection begins.
Programme logic
Theory of Change
- 1Problem
- 2Activities
- 3Outputs
- 4Outcomes
- 5Long-term impact
Collaboration
Work with us
EntoMetrics Africa is an independent research organisation. We welcome collaboration with entomologists, invertebrate welfare scientists, hardware engineers and agricultural research groups.