The State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, paid a working visit to the Accra office of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, to engage with scientists and the team working on the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) project.
The BSF project, funded by the government of Norway through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD), aims to provide protein meals for fish and chicken farmers and organic fertilizers for smallholder crop farmers through recycled organic waste.
Accompanied by the Norwegian Ambassador to Ghana, Ingrid Mollestad, the State Secretary, toured the “Black Soldier Fly village,” which was set up by the IITA-Ghana team to enable the State Secretary to familiarize herself with the project’s objectives and activities.