{"id":14310,"date":"2026-06-20T12:34:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/state-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-international-development-for-norway-visits-the-bsf-project\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T21:28:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T21:28:49","slug":"state-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-international-development-for-norway-visits-the-bsf-project","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/state-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-international-development-for-norway-visits-the-bsf-project\/","title":{"rendered":"State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway visits the BSF project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, paid a working visit to the Accra office of the <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">Institut International d'Agriculture Tropicale<\/a> (IITA, to engage with scientists and the team working on the Black Soldier Fly (BSF) project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><figure id=\"attachment_24888\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24888\" style=\"width: 298px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24888 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/State-Secretary-of-the-Ministry-of-International-Development-for-Norway-visits-the-BSF-project-298x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr Rousseau shows the State Secretary live BSF larvae<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BSF project, funded by the government of Norway through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.norad.no\/en\/front\/\">Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation<\/a> (NORAD), aims to provide protein meals for fish and chicken farmers and organic fertilizers for smallholder crop farmers through recycled organic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Accompanied by the Norwegian Ambassador to Ghana, Ingrid Mollestad, the State Secretary, toured the &#8220;Black Soldier Fly village,&#8221; which was set up by the <a href=\"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/\">IITA<\/a>-Ghana team to enable the State Secretary to familiarize herself with the project&#8217;s objectives and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the visit, Dr Rousseau Djouaka, the coordinator of the BSF project, acknowledged the technical support provided by Professor Michael Abberton, Director of IITA West Africa Hub, and Dr Tahirou Abdoulaye, Director of IITA Sahel Hub, towards making the State Secretary&#8217;s visit possible. 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She emphasized that the project&#8217;s objectives align with Norway&#8217;s commitment to sustainable food production and food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contributed by Reginald Kyere<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Secretary of the Ministry of International Development for Norway, Bjorg Sandkjaer, paid a working visit to the Accra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14311,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"tags":[804],"science-area":[],"program":[],"location":[],"news-type":[],"hub":[],"crop":[],"impact-areas":[],"item-year":[],"class_list":["post-14310","news-item","type-news-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-black-soldier-fly-bsfiita-news-2648norwaystate-secretary-of-the-ministry-of-international-development"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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