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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)
Illustrative visualisation. Not field data.
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
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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
Illustrative visualisation. Not field data.
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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
People
Team
Clinton Adoga
Executive Director and Lead Founder
Paul Murani
IoT and Systems Engineer
Mary Wairimu
Operations and Field Data Lead
Fernán Gizzi
Independent Scientific and Data Advisor
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.