Network contract

Our model is based on a modular system of small facilities spread across the territory, connected in a network and managed remotely. A strategic choice aimed at promoting the rapid development of this new sector and valorising the potential of the agricultural system.

The business proposal of BEF Biosystems is based on six pillars:


  1. Breeding the Hermetia illucens fly
  2. Centralised breeding of flies for reproduction
  3. Waste procurement services
  4. Remote control and management of facilities and processes
  5. Utilisation of renewable energy sources and the possibility of using residual thermal energy from biogas/biomass or geothermal power plants
  6. Marketing of products obtained from bioconversion
To promote the creation of an insect meal production chain in Italy, we valorise the system elements directly associated with the development of Bugsfarms in the territory.

The system elements:

Network

Waste generators, the Bugsfarms and feed producers are linked within a single production chain contract.

Profitability

BEF Biosystems supplies substrates and larvae for the intensive feeding phase and collects mature larvae.

Services

The sale of machinery is supplemented by specific offers of financial products with a guarantee insurance against downtime risks.

Control and Management

All machinery and processes are controlled via a single IT infrastructure for remote system management (4.0 technology).

The Network Contract

Our specialised technology is able to offer an element of diversification for many agricultural operators in Italy and abroad, provided that they are connected to specific enterprises in the agrifood chain.

In Italy, the development model centres around the Network Contract that Bugsfarm owners sign together with the other operators in the production chain.

It is a legal tool that enables groupings of companies to establish organised and long-term relationships of cooperation with one another.

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2023-2030 goal: establishment of 100 Bugsfarms in Italy with provision of network services.

Nurseries and territorial centres

We will, locally, set up a number of Nurseries, i.e., territorial centres for insect reproduction, around which the Bugsfarm network will develop.


  • In Italy there are about 1,300 biogas power plants that Bugsfarms can be connected to. Most of them are found between the centre-north.

  • Other renewable energy sources (geothermal energy, residual thermal energy from industrial sources) may be used for the climate control of breeding modules

  • In particular, the development of PV energy generation in farming will enable many agricultural areas with no biogas plants to host a Bugsfarm.

On stream, the Bugsfarm network will be able to recycle over 200,000 tons of organic residues.

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