Transformative Technologies to understand host microbiome interactions in intensive Black Soldier Fly and salmon productions systems

据估计，到2050年，世界人口将达到90亿，这意味着目前的粮食产量必须翻一番。相反，食物浪费是一个主要的全球问题，每年产生13亿吨废物。昆虫生物催化剂，生物质转化效率超过50%，代表了一个前所未有的潜力，回收有机废物到均匀的营养流。有人指出，通过昆虫生物催化将有机食物垃圾从垃圾填埋场转移到促进营养升级，可以帮助减少仅腐烂食物垃圾产生的温室气体排放中的3Gt二氧化碳当量。黑水虻（BSF）养殖现在被广泛接受为解决这些挑战的关键解决方案。BSF可以同时将食物垃圾回收为昆虫动物饲料（鱼粉的可持续替代品）和生物肥料（化学肥料的可持续替代品）。这个高度复杂的农业系统需要来自研究，政府和商业部门的专家的投入。虽然全球已经投入了数百篇科学论文和数百万英镑来验证BSF农业技术的变革潜力，但展示大规模、有利可图的BSF农业运营的竞赛仍在继续。在最近资助的1000万英镑的创新英国项目中，ISCF未来食品生产系统：昆虫革命：刺激在英国建立世界领先的可持续昆虫产业，英国领先的BSF专家拥有涵盖整个价值链的专业知识。该跨学科联盟由昆虫学、工程、数据分析、机器视觉、食品安全和食品供应链领域的领先专家组成，旨在部署高利润和可持续的BSF农业系统。到2040年，该财团的目标是在国际上交付100多个场地，创造3300个英国工作岗位，为英国纳税企业创造4亿英镑的年收入，并节省5000万吨二氧化碳当量[IBCWG] -推动我们实现政府的净零排放目标。

It is estimated that by 2050 the world's population will be 9bn people, which suggests that current food production will have to double. Conversely, food waste is a major global issue with 1.3bn tonnes of waste are generated per annum. Insect biocatalysts, with biomass conversion efficiencies above 50%, represent an unprecedented potential for recycling organic waste into homogeneous nutrient streams. It has been stated that diverting organic food wastes from landfill through insect biocatalysis to facilitate trophic upgrading could help to reduce the 3Gt of CO2 equivalent in greenhouse gas emissions produced by rotting food waste alone. Black Soldier Fly (BSF) farming is now widely accepted as a key solution to tackling some of these challenges. BSF can simultaneously recycle food waste into insect-based animal feed (a sustainable alternative to fishmeal) and biofertiliser (a sustainable alternative to chemical fertilisers). This highly complex farming system requires input from experts across research, governmental and commercial sectors. Whilst hundreds of scientific papers and millions of pounds have been invested globally into validating the transformative potential of BSF farming techniques, the race is still on to demonstrate large-scale, profitable BSF farming operations. In a recently funded, £10 million, Innovate UK project addressing ISCF Future food production systems: The Insectrial Revolution: Stimulating the establishment of a world-leading sustainable insect industry in the UK, the UK's leading BSF specialists with expertise covering the entire value chain have been brought together. The interdisciplinary consortium is composed of leading specialists in entomology, engineering, data analytics, machine vision, food safety and food supply chains that together aim to deploy highly profitable and sustainable BSF farming systems. By 2040, the consortium aims to have delivered over 100 sites internationally, create 3300 UK based jobs, generated combined annual revenues of £400m for UK tax paying businesses and delivered savings of 50m tonnes CO2 equivalent [IBCWG] - driving us towards the Government's targets for net zero emissions.