{"id":16213,"date":"2026-06-20T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T12:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/news-item\/iita-hosts-launch-of-abinet-leads-proposal-on-insect-driven-aquaponics-system\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:47:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:47:15","slug":"iita-hosts-launch-of-abinet-leads-proposal-on-insect-driven-aquaponics-system","status":"publish","type":"news-item","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/news-item\/iita-hosts-launch-of-abinet-leads-proposal-on-insect-driven-aquaponics-system\/","title":{"rendered":"IITA hosts launch of ABiNet; leads proposal on insect-driven aquaponics system"},"content":{"rendered":"The first aquaponics network in West and Central Africa called the Aquaponics Based-Insects Network (ABiNet) was recently launched at the\u00a0IITA<\/a>-Cotonou station. The launch was held 14\u201318 May during a meeting focused on aquaponics promotion in West and Central Africa and included a write-shop. Participants came from IITA Cameroon and Benin, the\u00a0University of Douala<\/a>\u00a0et le\u00a0Universit\u00e9 de Dschang<\/a>\u00a0in Cameroon, and the\u00a0University of Calavi<\/a>\u00a0in Benin.\n
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Group photo at the launch of West and Central Africa aquaponics research for development network<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nSpeaking at the ceremony, IITA Benin Country Representative\u00a0Manuele Tam\u00f2<\/a>\u00a0emphasized the alignment of the current initiative with the IITA research strategy on insect food and feed supported by the Deputy Director General, Research for Development,\u00a0May-Guri Saethre<\/a>. ABiNet is made of international research centers such as IITA, the\u00a0World Vegetable Center<\/a>\u00a0(WorldVeg), and\u00a0WorldFish<\/a>, universities, and agripreneurs from West and Central Africa.\n\nThe first task assigned to the network was to develop a proposal to respond to the\u00a0Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0(SDC) call on the City Region Food System. On this, the network under the leadership of\u00a0Rousseau Djouaka<\/a>, IITA\/Wellcome Trust Research Fellow, developed a proposal on the insect-driven aquaponics system, which stands on four main components:\n

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  1. A fish production component, which generates natural fertilizers (e.g., fish metabolites) for vegetable production.<\/li>\n \t
  2. A vegetable component, which is connected to the fish component and permanently receives water loaded with nutrients from the fish farming system.<\/li>\n \t
  3. A Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens<\/em>) rearing component which powers the system by producing enough insect larvae (protein source) for feeding fish and for supplying other satellite systems such as chicken production units.<\/li>\n \t
  4. A gravitational recycling and rotational water distribution component, which permanently irrigates vegetables and makes the aquaponics system climate smart and less labor demanding even during prolonged dry seasons.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\nThe first draft of the concept note was developed during the write-shop and will be reviewed internally by IITA before submission to SDC.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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