Project description
Second-generation microbiome applications for a sustainable soya bean-based food system
Animal proteins play a significant role in European food systems, but their environmental and health impacts underscore the importance of transitioning to plant-based protein sources. The EU-funded MICROBIOMES4SOY project adopts a multi-actor approach to comprehensively understand microbiomes along food and feed chains. Its objective is to develop second-generation microbiome applications that enhance crop productivity and improve the nutritional value and safety of soya bean seeds. Additionally, the project will develop soya bean-based aquafeeds, assessing their effects on the fish gut microbiome and health, and will evaluate the impact of dietary interventions based on soya bean-derived protein on the human gut microbiome and health. Microbiome solutions will support the transition to a healthier and more sustainable food system.
Objective
Animal-based proteins constitute a significant ingredient in European food systems. Dependence on animal-based proteins comes with substantial environmental and health impacts. Hence, the transition toward plant protein-based food systems is now more critical than ever. MICROBIOMES4SOY is an interdisciplinary and intersectoral project that employs a Multi-Actor Approach to ensure that food system actors' needs and key components relevant to the FOOD 2030 priorities are addressed. MICROBIOMES4SOY aims to enable transition pathways by delivering a comprehensive understanding of the microbiomes along the food and feed chains. Exploiting the microbiomes' full potential is essential to ensure sustainable and nutritious food and feed as they are important players throughout the food system, ranging from primary production, where microbes improve plant growth and health, to food production based on microbial processes and ultimately linking to the interactions between animal/human microbiomes and host health. MICROBIOMES4SOY focuses on the soya bean model system, an important protein-rich crop. The project will develop second-generation microbiome applications that sustain crop productivity and improve soya bean seeds' nutritional value and safety under different environmental conditions. MICROBIOMES4SOY will test the effect of dietary intervention based on soya bean-derived protein on the human gut microbiome and health and elaborate microbiome-informed dietary recommendations. The project will also employ microbiome-based solutions to develop novel aquafeeds and establish their effects on the fish gut microbiome and health.
MICROBIOMES4SOY consortium comprises 18 partners from ten countries contributing complementary expertise on soil, plant, human and animal microbiomes, bioinformatics, modelling, crop production, aquaculture, food/feed production, food systems mapping and scientific communication.
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1210 Wien
Austria
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3584 CS Utrecht
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T12 YN60 Cork
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113 Reykjavik
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1040 BRUXELLES
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40126 Bologna
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80539 Munchen
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603 Akureyri
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1010 Wien
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3400 Klosterneuburg
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75009 Paris
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25020 Alfianello
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1118 BG Schiphol
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1010 WIEN
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T12HH60 CORK
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20123 Milano
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G1K 9A9 Quebec
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48824 East Lansing, Michigan
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