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

这个多学科NFIS项目的预期影响是通过增加马来西亚棕榈油米尔斯厂产生的植物废物的价值来提高生计和商业机会。我们将利用微生物将油棕残渣转化为具有成本效益和环境可持续性的安全饲料来源，用于生产可用作水产养殖企业鱼类饲料的黑水虻幼虫（BSFL），并将评估其作为新收入来源的可扩展性。作为我们之前牛顿项目的一部分，我们已经证明，为油棕残渣的生物精炼开发的微生物工艺也可以用于从作物残渣中释放营养物质，为BSFL提供饲料。NFIS将使我们能够利用这一发现并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。这一商业机会的转化将与Fera Science Ltd和马来西亚的一家中小企业Entofoods合作进行。我们的长期愿景是将该技术推广到亚洲及其他地区的低收入DAC国家。明确、全面的利益相关者参与对于确保技术得到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至关重要。油棕业、养鱼场、商业影响者和政策制定者的利益攸关方将在整个项目期间参与。该计划符合第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，以及马来西亚的国家科学，技术和创新政策：战略目标1：推进科学和社会研究，开发和商业化，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.