Descripción del proyecto
Cómo pueden ayudar los insectos a mitigar la inseguridad alimentaria
Los insectos podrían ser la clave para un planeta sostenible, ya que constituyen una solución eficiente en materia de espacio y clima ante los efectos del cambio climático y la pérdida mundial de tierras cultivables. El proyecto Hive Pro, financiado con fondos europeos, está desarrollando un concepto de cría de insectos escalable que consiste en una planta de engorde de insectos y el suministro de larvas, junto con un modelo de servicio. Al centrarse en las fábricas de piensos, permitirá a las empresas adoptar esta tecnología revolucionaria basada en insectos. Europa importa casi tres cuartas partes de los piensos ricos en proteínas que necesita, por lo que la innovación del proyecto reducirá los costes de producción y aumentará el suministro de piensos proteicos producidos en Europa para un sistema alimentario resiliente. El proyecto ha identificado a 175 clientes potenciales en la Unión Europea y ya está llevando a cabo su primera prueba piloto en una fábrica de piensos de Austria.
Objetivo
Livin Farms´ vision is to feed the world while saving the planet. We develop, build and commercialise disruptive technology to transform food waste into high quality ingredients for feed, food and fertiliser.
The global demand for animal proteins will increase by 60% until 2030. Currently, the EU is importing 74% of high protein feeds that are needed for the most carbon-efficient livestock: fish and poultry. With arable land decreasing and climate change putting additional strain on production, insects are an extremely space- and climate-efficient solution.
However, it is extremely difficult for potential insect producers to enter the market, due to high infrastructure cost, lack of know-how and a sound business case. As the cost of feed accounts for more than half the production costs of insects, we decided to go to where feed is essentially free and the necessary infrastructure already available: Feed mills.
Our value proposition: Empower non-insect companies to use our insect technology to significantly increase their profit.
Our solution: A highly scalable insect farming concept consisting of an insect fattening plant together with the supply of baby larvae, combined with a service model.
Since 2015, we have successfully built, patented and launched two insect farming systems for the education space. Our products are distributed into more than 48 countries. Following our companies’ vision, since late 2018 our focus is on industrial insect farming.
We have a strategic partnership with Europe's largest retailer LIDL and have secured our first pilot customer, an Austrian feed mill. Overall, we have identified 175 potential customers in the EU. This corresponds to a market potential of €770 million for our business for bakery waste alone.
Ámbito científico
- natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteins
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculture
- natural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomology
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
Palabras clave
Programa(s)
Convocatoria de propuestas
Consulte otros proyectos de esta convocatoriaConvocatoria de subcontratación
H2020-EIC-SMEInst-2018-2020-4
Régimen de financiación
SME-2 - SME instrument phase 2Coordinador
1230 Wien
Austria
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.