Journey From Maggots to Millions

Did you ever imagine that maggots, a word which makes you feel like throwing up would make fortune worth millions? The truth however, is a hard pill to swallow. The Agriprotein business is making some big money, while putting in efforts to cope up with a drastic climatic threat. This initiative might transform the traditional animal feed industry permanently.

Livestock production constitutes a very significantaspect of the agricultural economy of developing countries, a contribution that goes beyond direct food production to include multipurpose uses, such as skins, fibre, fertilizer and fuel, as well as capital accumulation. Furthermore, livestock are closely associated to the social and cultural lives of millions of resource-poor farmers for whom animal ownership ensures varying degrees of sustainable farming and economic stability.Throughout the path of developing world, animals are means for hundreds of millions of people to overcome the absolute poverty. Livestock in developing countries contribute up to 80 percent of agricultural GDP; 600 million rural poor people are dependent on livestock for their livelihoods.Livestock is not only the source of food for poor people, but is also an important source of income, traction and fertilizer. It also act as catalysts that transform subsistence farming into income-generating enterprises, allowing poor households to join the market economy.

 

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