推荐买球平台 Food Prize Finalist

Bugs Are Good for Chickens, Economies and The Environment

“I want to use more available, 可负担和可持续的饲料资源以替代鸡日粮中的鱼粉,”医生说。. Muyiwa Adegbenro, Senior Lecturer in Poultry 营养 and Management, Federal University, 阿库雷, 尼日利亚.

而活的昆虫，如黑虻幼虫，已被证明是鸡的豆粕的营养和经济实惠的替代品(它们喜欢吃大多数虫子)。, this project has explored novel ways to grow, 过程, and package homegrown larvae so they can be viable, up-scalable replacements for fish meal.

Dr. Adegbenro’s project is one of the finalists for the 2021 推荐买球平台 Prize for 创新 in Food Security, 它旨在支持能够在全球农业中产生变革性影响的科学研究. Awarded in partnership with Agropolis Fondation, 该奖项旨在表彰创新的科学研究项目对可用性的潜在影响, accessibility, affordability and adequacy of food, in line with UN SDG#2: End Hunger. 获胜者将于今年9月公布，并将获得75美元的奖金,000 grant for scaling up their proven research.

目前, 据估计，在撒哈拉以南非洲，饲料成本占家禽生产总成本的75%, 食物垃圾和加工残留物是有机废物流的一个组成部分，目前估计为1.3 billion tons annually. Black soldier flies are small, 无害的昆虫有可能为这两个问题提供有希望的解决方案.

“Starting with organic waste in which those larvae thrive, 推荐几个足彩外围app的环境生物技术专家研究了可靠生产它们的方法,” Dr. Adegbenro explained.

“Once harvested, 它们是在推荐几个足彩外围app设计和制造的低温烘干机里加工的, 然后添加到各种不同的日粮中，以测试饲养肉鸡的效果, 蛋鸡, chicks and turkeys. We’re looking closely at growth, blood and serum indices, meat quality and – where appropriate – egg quality.”

“推荐几个足彩外围app对该项目的目标是能够为尼日利亚的饲料加工厂和家禽养殖户提供大量廉价的黑兵幼虫饲料. 这将降低禽鸟成品饲料的成本, generate more revenue for farmers and feed millers, create jobs for youth and women, increase meat and egg availability/affordability, and reduce the problem of environmental pollution. 间接影响将是加强联邦政府目前的政策，以减少对进口动物生产的依赖.”

如果您想了解更多关于这个项目或参与，请联系.  Dr. Muyiwa Adegbenro, below.

Dr. Muyiwa Adegbenro
Division of Animal Production and Management,
Department of Animal Production and 健康,
Federal University of 技术, 阿库雷, 尼日利亚.