Black Soldier Fly ariculture can now be de-risked through carbon markets.
We are facing a time of interconnected global crises, with human-driven climate change posing a major threat to stability. These new challenges give rise to new markets that spur the development of mechanisms aimed at curbing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, including carbon markets. One innovative carbon mitigation solution able to benefit from carbon credits is Black Soldier Fly (BSF) agriculture.
Innovators are leveraging BSF larvae to convert organic waste destined for GHG-generating landfills into high-value, resource-efficient and low-carbon agricultural inputs, notably animal feed and soil amendments. The climate crisis has created an opportunity for BSF farmers to leverage their carbon-efficient credentials to drive sustainability while also unlocking carbon credit-based revenue streams to strengthen the business case.
GreenCape, supported by the Anglo American Foundation, has published an opportunity brief introducing BSF agriculture, the role BSF agriculture plays in climate mitigation, and the opportunities and challenges facing South Africa’s BSF sector in capitalising on carbon markets.
This Black Soldier Fly carbon market brief is written for:
- BSF farmers seeking new revenue streams
- BSF farmers investigating carbon credits
- Farmers wanting to de-risk regenerative agriculture transition
- Animal feed brands looking to decarbonise products.
The Black Soldier Fly carbon market brief unpacks the following:
- Introduction to carbon credits
- Carbon credit regulations
- Benefits of carbon credits
- Carbon project registration
- Challenges impacting carbon projects
- Overcoming the challenges
- Opportunity brief discusses.
This brief is part of a broader set of publications on BSF, with the full list of publications, all of which are available for free download, below.
- 2025 BSF agriculture brief (click)
- 2024 BSF agriculture brief (click)
- De-risking through carbon markets (click)
- A regulatory landscape brief (click)
- Upscaling organic waste into pet, soil and livestock feed (click)
- Chitin opportunity brief (click)
- Frass opportunity brief (click)
- Spent brewery grain value add (click)
- Inseco food waste upcycling (click)