Bioconversion of palm kernel meal for aquaculture: Experiences from the forest region (Republic of Guinea)

Abstract

Proteins and fats locked in palm kernel meal cannot be used directly by fishes. Enzyme from maggots
(HERMETIA ILLUCENS larvae) lyses and extracts those nutrients which are consumed as food. Biomasses of
maggots produced can be used to feed fishes. This innovation opens a new hope for many African
countries where so much agro-industry by-products exist such as palm kernel meal, groundnut meal,
cotton seed meal. The different aspects involved in this discovery are explained before the sequence of
processes up to final discovery is described.