On everyone’s lips: insects for food and feed
On everyone’s lips: insects for food and feed
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每个人都在谈论：昆虫作为食物和饲料
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2020
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H. Insam
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T. Klammsteiner;A. Walter;Heinrich Pan;M. Gassner;C. Heussler;M. Schermer;H. Insam
创新企业和越来越多的研究机构将目光投向了以昆虫为基础的解决方案，以生产高质量的饲料和食品。这一趋势的先驱物种之一是黑水虻（BSF; Hermetia illucens）-一种低维护的热带昆虫，能够有效地将有机废物转化为主要由蛋白质，脂肪和几丁质组成的昆虫生物质。然而，昆虫的开发在西方国家仍处于起步阶段，但不断完善的立法以及科学进步支持了不断增长的昆虫产业。通过为学校和公众提供实践工作坊，我们旨在让人们与BSF接触，以提高对有机废物再利用和可持续饲料生产的认识。参与者被邀请建立一个带回家的BSF饲养系统运行在他们每天发生的家庭生物废物。在为期三周的家庭实验中，公民科学家成功地收集了有关喂食生物废物的数量和组成、幼虫发育和基质成熟的数据。此外，在不同的环境条件下进行相同的喂养实验，提供了对该蝇幼虫适应性的见解，并将进一步帮助改善饲养条件。
Innovative businesses and a growing body of research have put their eyes on insect-based solutions to produce high-quality feed and food. One of the forerunner species in this trend is the Black Soldier Fly (BSF; Hermetia illucens) – a low maintenance tropical insect capable of efficiently converting organic wastes into insect biomass that mainly consists of protein, fat and chitin. However, the exploitation of insects in western countries is still in its infancy, but an improving legislation as well as scientific advancements support the growing insect industry. By offering hands-on workshops to schools and the public, we aimed at getting people in touch with the BSF to raise awareness about the re valorisation of organic waste and sustainable feed production. Participants were invited to build a take-home BSF rearing system running on their daily occurring household bio-waste. Within these three-week home experiments, citizen scientists successfully collected data on the amount and composition of fed bio-waste, larval development and substrate maturation. Moreover, carrying out the same feeding experiment under different environmental circumstances provided insights in the adaptiveness of the larvae of this fly and will further help to improve rearing conditions.