Objective Food security is a global challenge. Within the overall increased demand for food, and particularly meat production, there is also an urgent need to increase supply of protein from sustainable sources. The principle objective of the international and multidisciplinary PROteINSECT consortium is to facilitate the exploitation of insects as an alternative protein source for animal and human nutrition. Advances have been made in rearing of insects for incorporation in animal feed in countries including China and Mali. The consortium brings together expertise in these countries together with European insect breeders and feed production companies in order to optimise systems and set up pilot scale production facilities in the EU. The project will demonstrate the feasibility of the use of insect-derived proteins in animal feed through trials with fish, poultry and pigs. Quality and safety along the food chain from insect protein itself, to incorporation in feed and ultimately human consumption of insect-protein reared livestock, will be evaluated. The use of waste streams that focus on animal rather than plant material for insect rearing will be examined. To optimise the economic viability of the use of insect proteins, uses for the residual flows from the production system will be determined. Life cycle analyses will enable the design of optimised and sustainable production systems suitable for adoption in both ICPC and European countries. Key to uptake is ensuring that a regulatory framework is in place and this will be encouraged by the preparation of a White Paper following consultation with key stakeholders, experts and consumers. PROteINSECT will build a pro-insect platform in Europe to encourage adoption of sustainable protein production technologies in order to reduce the reliance of the feed industry on plant/fish derived proteins in the short term, and promote the acceptance of insect protein as a direct component of human food in the longer term. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesproteinsmedical and health scienceshealth sciencesnutritionnatural sciencesbiological scienceszoologyentomologysocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economyagricultural sciencesanimal and dairy sciencedomestic animalsanimal husbandryanimal feed Programme(s) FP7-KBBE - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Food, Agriculture and Biotechnology Topic(s) KBBE.2012.2.3-05 - Insects as novel sources of proteins — SICA Call for proposal FP7-KBBE-2012-6-singlestage See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-FP-SICA - Small/medium-scale focused research project for specific cooperation actions dedicated to international cooperation partner countries(SICA) Coordinator FERA SCIENCE LIMITED Address 65 gresham street EC2V 7NQ London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Camden and City of London Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elaine Fitches (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Participants (13) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all Eutema Technology Management GmbH & Co KG Participation ended Austria EU contribution € 0,00 Address Lindengasse 43/13 1070 Wien See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Georg Melzer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data CAB INTERNATIONAL United Kingdom EU contribution € 305 000,00 Address Noseworthy way OX10 8DE Wallingford See on map Region South East (England) Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Oxfordshire Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Marc Kenis (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data NUTRITION SCIENCES Belgium EU contribution € 248 250,00 Address Booiebos 5 9031 Drongen See on map Region Vlaams Gewest Prov. 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Leuven Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Tine Heylen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data MINERVA HEALTH & CARE COMMUNICATIONS LTD United Kingdom EU contribution € 275 400,00 Address Unit 16, basepoint business & innova SP10 3FG Andover hampshire See on map Region South East (England) Hampshire and Isle of Wight Central Hampshire Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Rhonda Smith (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data EUTEMA GMBH Austria EU contribution € 256 000,00 Address Lindengasse 43 13 1070 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Georg Melzer (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GRANTBAIT LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 67 937,00 Address Rectory road ivy house HU12 0LA Hull See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Michael Grant (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data GUANGDONG ENTOMOLOGICAL INSTITUTE China EU contribution € 176 986,00 Address Xingang road west guangdong 105 510260 Guangzhou See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Richou Han (Prof.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data Huazhong Agricultural University China EU contribution € 228 000,00 Address Shi-zi-shan street, nanhu district 1 430070 Wuhan See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Zhu Fen (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data FISH FOR AFRICA - GHANA LIMITED BYGUARANTEE Ghana EU contribution € 96 000,00 Address Agric road Ashaiman accra See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Gabriel Koffi Delagnoh Koko (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data INSTITUT D'ECONOMIE RURALE Mali EU contribution € 135 000,00 Address Rue mohamed v BP Bamako See on map Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact N'golope Kone (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Other funding No data THE UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING United Kingdom EU contribution € 189 999,00 Address . 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