EVO Building Collaborations with Michigan State and Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Malawi

For the past week I, along with my colleagues at Michigan State University (Drs. Eric Benbow & Jen Pechal) have been visiting with researchers in Lilongwe about insects as food and feed. Part of the week was spent in Lilongwe while the other half has been at Lake Malawi.

They have an active research program in Malawi on insects as food and feed with students conducting studies on termites, grasshoppers, cockroaches, and mealworm. Their goals are to establish a research program on black soldier fly as well which could result in their students visiting my lab at Texas A&M to conduct research.