Ecological Food Cartepillars Company

ecological food caterpillars company (efcc) is an ecological cooperative created in april 2019 in bukavu in democratic republic of congo. efcc mission is: 1) restore the biodiversity of community forests by planting host trees of edible caterpillars, the use of which as food helps alleviate food insecurity and create a source of income for indigenous young people and women; 2) support young indigenous women and members of the cooperative in the fight against poverty by setting up traditional (indigenous) and technological mechanisms for the production, conservation and sale of edible caterpillars in order to give these indigenous products a market value endowed with a specifically indigenous intellectual property in order to improve the socio-economic conditions of indigenous girls and women in démocratic republic of congo.