Harnessing sustainable development opportunities from oil palm waste: Black Soldier fly larvae as a novel income stream in Malaysia

这个多学科的NFIS项目的预期影响是通过增加马来西亚棕榈油工厂产生的植物废料的价值来改善生计和商业机会。我们将利用微生物将油棕残渣转化为一种具有成本效益和环境可持续性的安全饲料来源，用于生产黑兵蝇幼虫（BSFL），这些幼虫可用于水产养殖企业的鱼类饲料，并将评估其作为一种新的收入来源的可扩展性。作为我们之前Newton项目的一部分，我们已经证明了用于油棕残留物生物精炼的微生物过程也可以用于从作物残留物中释放营养物质，为BSFL提供饲料。NFIS将使我们能够利用这一发现，扩大我们研究的影响。我们将大规模优化生物质处理，以证明BSFL生产可以在工业环境中实现。这一商业机会的翻译将与Fera Science Ltd和马来西亚的中小企业Entofoods合作进行。我们的长期愿景是将这项技术推广到亚洲及其他地区的低收入发展中国家。明确、全面的利益相关者参与至关重要，以确保技术被采用并转化为改善人们生活、促进经济增长和带来变革的影响。来自油棕行业、养鱼场、商业影响者和政策制定者的利益相关者将参与整个项目。该倡议符合第11个马来西亚计划，其中一个新的优先事项是通过绿色增长提高环境可持续性，以及马来西亚国家科学、技术和创新政策：战略重点1：推进科学和社会研究、发展和商业化，以应对国家优先事项、挑战和新机遇。

The desired impact of this multidisciplinary NFIS project is to enhance livelihood and business opportunities by adding value to plant based waste produced by palm oil mills in Malaysia. We will use microbes to convert oil palm residues into a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable safe source of feed for production of Black Soldier Fly larvae (BSFL), which can be used as fish feed by aquaculture businesses, and will assess its scalability as a novel income stream. We have demonstrated as part of our previous Newton project that microbial processes developed for the biorefining of oil palm residues can also be used to release nutrients from crop residues to provide feed for BSFL. The NFIS will allow us to capitalise on this discovery and broaden the impact of our research. We will optimise biomass treatment on a large scale to demonstrate that BSFL production can be achieved in an industrial setting. The translation of this commercial opportunity will be carried out in collaboration with Fera Science Ltd and an SME Entofoods in Malaysia. Our longer-term vision is to extend the technology into lower income DAC countries in Asia and beyond. Clear, comprehensive stakeholder engagement is vital to ensure the technology is taken up and translated into impacts that improve people's lives, generate economic growth and deliver change. Engagement of stakeholders from the oil palm industry, fish farms, commercial influencers and policymakers will take place throughout the project. The initiative is in line with 11th Malaysia Plan where one of the new priorities is enhancing environmental sustainability through green growth, and Malaysia's National Policy on Science, Technology & Innovation: Strategic thrust 1: Advancing scientific and social research, development & commercialisation to address national priorities, challenges and new opportunities.