HEИндивидуална стипендия2024–2026

EvoCricks · An eco-evolutionary guided approach to improve edible insect nutrient and feed conversion

„Хоризонт Европа“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2024-02-16 → 2026-02-15
Финансиране от ЕС: 230 774 €
Участници: 1
Схема: HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF

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Накратко на български

Връзката между околната среда, микробиома в червата и хранителната стойност на домашните щурци се анализира чрез сравнение на диви и лабораторни популации. Това помага за подобряване на качеството и устойчивостта при производството на насекоми като храна за хора.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

An eco-evolutionary guided approach to improve edible insect nutrient and feed conversion

The aim of this grant was to identify the local conditions and microbiomes in the field that result in the best nutritional quality crickets, then use laboratory tests on field collected populations and under field guided conditions to translate them to the industrial setting. The production of edible insects is often presented as a solution to the current environmental and food security challenge of feeding a growing human population, but faces major technical limitations. The premise of this project was that such technical limitations can be overcome by using existing methods and theory from the biological sciences. In this regard it is critical to understand how a variety of biotic and abiotic conditions affect the quantity, nutritional quality, safety and sustainability of insect production. Since the gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in driving the viability of animal food production, my aim was to explore the association between microbiomes and the production of insects as a food resource. Aim 1. Using wild crickets of the commonly farmed species Acheta domesticus, my project aimed to decipher the relationship between the environment, microbiome composition, and the nutritional quality (essential nutrients) of edible insects as human food. Aim 2. By contrasting knowledge gained from wild populations to controlled experimental results, dissect the production conditions that best reflect the findings from the field.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

The production of edible insects is often presented as a solution to the current environmental and food security challenge of feeding a growing human population, but faces major technical and cultural limitations. While cultural limitations can be overcome by convincing people about the importance of shifting our diets to a more sustainable one, many technical limitations can be overcome by using existing methods and theory from the biological sciences. In this regard, it is critical to understand how a variety of biotic and abiotic conditions affect the quantity, nutritional quality, safety and sustainability of insect production. It is currently recognised that the gut microbiome plays a fundamental role in driving the viability of animal food production, with the EU recently investing 1.4 billion € into exploring this relationship further in vertebrate systems. However, I argue there is almost certainly also a strong association between microbiomes and the production of insects as a food resource, hence the focus of my application. Using wild crickets of the commonly farmed species Acheta domesticus, this project aims to decipher the relationship between the environment, microbiome composition, and the nutritional quality (essential nutrients) of edible insects as human food. The knowledge gained from wild animals will be contrasted to controlled experimental results to dissect the production conditions that best reflect the findings from the field. This project will provide key insights about the best quality wild populations in Europe and the corresponding optimal laboratory/industry rearing conditions that maximise edible cricket production and quality.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

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