Table 5.

Cost-benefit analysis on the sale (US$) of chickens fed with insect Desmodium-based feed between a push-pull adopter and non-push-pull adopter according to various commercial pathways.

Full chicken fed with insect Desmodium-based feed between a push-pull adopter and non-push-pull adopter at doorstep and retail
	Doorstep (p/u)					Retail (p/kg)
	Production cost (US$)	Total selling price (US$)	Profit/loss (US$)	Cost-benefit ratio	Return on investment (%)	Production cost (US$)	Total selling price (US$)	Profit/loss (US$)	Cost-benefit ratio (%)	Return on investment (%)
Push-pull adopters
T1	6.15	6.50	0.35	1.06	5.69	6.15	8.82	2.67	1.43	43.41
T2	5.37	6.50	1.13	1.21	21.05	5.37	8.67	3.30	1.61	61.45
T3	4.52	6.50	1.98	1.44	43.81	4.52	8.56	4.04	1.89	89.38
Control	6.10	6.50	0.40	1.06	6.56	6.10	8.61	2.51	1.41	41.14
Non-push-pull adopters
T1	6.50	6.50	0.00	1.0	15.38	6.50	8.82	2.31	1.36	35.54
T2	5.89	6.50	0.61	1.10	10.36	5.89	8.69	2.80	1.48	47.54
T3	5.37	6.50	1.13	1.21	21.04	5.37	8.56	3.18	1.59	59.22
Control	6.10	6.50	0.40	1.07	6.55	6.10	8.61	2.50	1.41	40.98

Assorted chickens fed with insect Desmodium-based feed between a push-pull adopter and non-push-pull adopter
	Push-pull adopters					Non-push-pull adopters
T1	6.16	13.46	7.31	2.19	118.67	6.50	13.46	6.96	2.07	107.08
T2	5.37	13.07	7.70	2.43	143.39	5.89	13.07	7.19	2.22	122.07
T3	4.52	13.32	8.80	2.95	194.69	5.37	13.32	7.95	2.48	148.04
Control	6.10	12.88	6.78	2.11	111.14	6.10	12.88	6.78	2.11	111.14

Push-pull: a farming strategy for controlling agricultural pests by using repellent “push” plants and trap “pull” plants.

1US$ = 100 Kenyan Shilling.

T1 = 25% Desmodium intortum + 75% BSFL, T2 = 50% D. intortum + 50% BSFL, T3 = 75% D. intortum + 25% BSFL, and control = commercial feed.

Abbreviations: p/kg, price per kg; p/u, price per unit.