Facilitating production of insect protein feed through valorisation of ‘organic waste’ from UK farms, using an innovative "Hub and Spoke" model

使用创新的“中心辐射”模式，通过对英国农场的“有机废物”进行增值，促进昆虫蛋白饲料的生产

• 批准号: 10006133
• 金额: $ 69.71万
• 依托单位: INSPRO LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10006133
• 关键词: Facilitating; production; insect; protein; feed

Every year the UK imports 2Mn tonnes of soyameal for animal feed. Fluctuating commodity prices and deforestation mean this is economically and environmentally unsustainable. There is growing interest in using insects as an alternative protein source for animal feed. However, to compete on price with soya, insect protein needs to be produced on a much larger scale than is currently.We will develop a Hub-and-Spoke model using Black Soldier Flies to economically and efficiently process agri-waste feedstocks into insect protein as an alternative feed, enabling farmers to recover value from farm waste (estimated at £1.2Bn) in a nutrient circularity approach.

英国每年进口 200 万吨豆粕用于动物饲料。商品价格波动和森林砍伐意味着这在经济和环境上都是不可持续的。人们对使用昆虫作为动物饲料的替代蛋白质来源越来越感兴趣。然而，为了在价格上与大豆竞争，昆虫蛋白的生产规模需要比目前大得多。我们将使用黑水虻开发一种轴辐式模型，经济高效地将农业废物原料加工成昆虫蛋白作为替代饲料，使农民能够通过营养循环方法从农场废物中回收价值（估计为 12 亿英镑）。