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How to add value to crickets into nutritious products

Crickets species that are reared in Kenya. Photo: Alex Wachira, Standard Media

Crickets are small insects. There are two species in Kenya namely the “Akita” and “Gyrus” one is whitish and the other one blackish.

Farmers.co.ke spoke to Dr. Caroline Kipkoech an expert in insect research and feed specializing in cricket rearing from JKUAT and she shared with us how best to reap from rearing crickets.

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