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IFW 2026 Torino — Pre-event teaser
🐛 Manna Insect is heading to IFW 2026 in Turin — and we're taking the data on stage.
01 · The event
IFW 2026 in Turin
The 6th Insects to Feed the World runs 9–12 June at Lingotto, Torino. Our founder Ykä Marjanen presents on the closing morning:
"Critical Business Metrics of BSF Bio-waste Operation — Comparative Analysis Across Developed and Developing Countries"
📍 Fri 12 June, 09:15, Room Lisbona (Session 44), with co-author S. Danubio.
02 · The cases
Three real cases, one framework
The talk takes three real cases — across Europe, Africa and India, two operating and one in planning, 0.5 to 50 t/d — and runs the same business-metrics framework across all of them. Not lab models, and not one country's numbers stretched to fit the world: what the cases actually cost and earn.
03 · Headline numbers
What the abstract already shows
A few headline numbers, already in the published abstract:
- CAPEX: $25,000–$85,000 per t/d of biowaste capacity
- OPEX: $20–$50 per tonne of biowaste
- Frass sells in a similar range regardless of a country's development level
- Profit without any tipping fee was more likely in developing countries, not less
04 · What it means
Which numbers to validate first
This is the work behind how Manna evaluates whether a BSF biowaste case is worth building — and it starts from the position that BSF does not work everywhere. The value is knowing which numbers to validate first, and how the answer shifts between a cold high-wage market and a warm low-wage one.
Attending IFW? Come to the session, or reach out during the week — we'd like to compare these numbers with what you're seeing on the ground.
Keep exploring
Related topics and pages
- BSF business course — the course behind the business metrics in this talk
- What makes or breaks a BSF farming business? — the developed-versus-developing market factors this talk compares
- Manna Insect at IFW 2024 — the previous Insects to Feed the World conference Manna attended
Read next
- What makes or breaks a BSF farming business? — the developed-versus-developing market factors this talk compares
- BSF business case evaluation — the process that separates working facilities from the headlines — the business-metrics evaluation behind a working case
- Where BSF Wins (a case with numbers) — a warm-climate case with the per-ton numbers that decide it
- IFW 2026 Torino — Pre-event teaser (Ykä personal) — the personal pre-event note for the same talk
Next step
Compare your numbers with ours
If you are working through a BSF biowaste case, Manna can help you decide which metrics to validate first.