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Kalahari Melon SeedOil - Turning a drought-resistant weed into a high-value cosmetics ingredient

卡拉哈里瓜籽油 - 将抗旱杂草转变为高价值的化妆品成分

基本信息

批准号：
105660
负责人：
金额：
$ 29.49万
依托单位：
AFRICAN ORIGINS UK LIMITED
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
BEIS-Funded Programmes
财政年份：
2020
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2020 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105660
关键词：
Kalahari Melon SeedOil Turning drought

项目摘要

Once considered a weed, the Kalahari Melon is an indigenous, hardy, well-established plant in South Africa, that is both easy to grow, can be grown in shallow-sandy soil and is extremely drought resistant. It is also rapid increasingly in value due to its adoption by the cosmetics industry, where it has demonstrated highly efficacious properties. - The KM's drought-resistance and ease to cultivate means it perfect crop to be grown by smallholders (~33m) in Sub-Saharan Africa, where climate change has left them most at risk of crop failure and poverty, due to their reliance on resource-intensive and temperature sensitive staple crops such as maize and wheat. - We believe the adoption of the KM and production of its high-value seed oil can become a £1bn industry by 2026 (based upon closest comparative natural cosmetic ingredient, Argan Oil's, rapid growth) and therefore become powerful tool for socio-economic development, helping farmers and smallholders in parts of Africa most affected by climate change. - Working with stakeholders from all stages of the supply chain- Smallholders&Farmers from the Kalahari Basin, The Sustainability Institute, KM oil distributors & Tropic Skincare cosmetics as we aim to evidence economic feasibility, cosmetic efficacy, best production practices & ultimately encourage the adoption of KM production.

卡拉哈里甜瓜曾被认为是一种杂草，但它是南非本土的一种哈代耐寒植物，既易于种植，也可以在浅沙土中种植，而且非常耐旱。由于其被化妆品行业所采用，其价值也在迅速增长，在化妆品行业中，它已表现出高度有效的特性。- KM的抗旱性和易于种植意味着它是撒哈拉以南非洲小农（约3300万）种植的完美作物，气候变化使他们面临作物歉收和贫困的风险，因为他们依赖于玉米和小麦等资源密集型和温度敏感型主食作物。- 我们相信，到2026年，KM的采用及其高价值种子油的生产可以成为一个价值10亿英镑的产业（基于最接近的比较天然化妆品成分，摩洛哥坚果油的快速增长），因此成为社会经济发展的有力工具，帮助受气候变化影响最严重的非洲部分地区的农民和小农。- 与供应链各个阶段的利益相关者合作-来自卡拉哈里盆地的小农和农民，可持续发展研究所，KM油分销商和热带护肤化妆品，因为我们的目标是证明经济可行性，化妆品功效，最佳生产实践并最终鼓励采用KM生产。