Insects For a Sustainable Aquaculture

Información del proyecto

IFASA

Identificador del acuerdo de subvención: 744848

DOI

10.3030/744848

Proyecto cerrado

Fecha de la firma de la CE 1 Diciembre 2016

Fecha de inicio 1 Enero 2017

Fecha de finalización 30 Junio 2017

Financiado con arreglo a

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy

Coste total

€ 71 429,00

Aportación de la UE

€ 50 000,00

Coordinado por

INNOVAFEED
France

Objetivo

Question: What is the main cost driver of aquaculture? Answer: Feed. As protein intake of farmed fish comes mainly from wild caught animals and transgenic soybean flours, feed cost accounts for up to 60% of sales. Overall, commercially available solutions are limited in quantity, nutritionally unsatisfactory, financially unbalanced and ecologically disastrous.
Innovafeed is an ambitious start-up in the aquaculture industry, set to revolutionize how fish farmers and ingredient manufacturers apprehend feeding, by bringing economic and environmental sustainability to insect farming. IFASA’s objective is to scale-up the innovative, sustainable, proprietary and cost-effective insect-based production technology the company has developed. It will allow the transformation of low-value agricultural by-products, into high quality nutrients for aquaculture, thereby answering the needs expressed by feed companies, fish and land farmers.
This technology is based on Innovafeed’s and its partners’ long lasting expertise in optimizing an insect rearing process and obtaining a product answering fish nutritional needs, as embodied in a first lab-scale production unit able to produce small batches of insects. It also strongly benefits from the company’s market proximity, as 85% of fish farmers already contacted have expressed a strong interest for the project and 12 asked to be supplied with some insect-based feed as soon as possible.
During phase 1, Innovafeed will scale-up its farming unit by (a) optimizing the egg production and breeding systems, (b) pursuing regulatory and scientific lobbying initiatives, (c) refining its IP and business strategies, (d) testing the nutritional properties of its feed and (e) continuing on site tests to prepare for phase 2. The main deliverable will be an updated business plan enabling Innovafeed to seize this huge business opportunity. This feasibility study is an essential first step before large-scale industrial production.

Ámbito científico (EuroSciVoc)

• ciencias agrícolas › agricultura, silvicultura y pesca › pesca
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › bioquímica › biomoléculas › proteínas
• ciencias médicas y de la salud › ciencias de la salud › nutrición
• ciencias agrícolas › agricultura, silvicultura y pesca › agricultura
• ciencias naturales › ciencias biológicas › zoología › entomología

Programa(s)

• H2020-EU.3.2. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Food security, sustainable agriculture and forestry, marine, maritime and inland water research, and the bioeconomy PROGRAMA PRINCIPAL
  
• H2020-EU.3.2.5. - Cross-cutting marine and maritime research
  
• H2020-EU.3.2.3. - Unlocking the potential of aquatic living resources
  
• H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument
  

Tema(s)

• SMEInst-08-2016-2017 - Supporting SMEs efforts for the development - deployment and market replication of innovative solutions for blue growth
  

Régimen de financiación

SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1

Convocatoria de propuestas

H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017

Coordinador

INNOVAFEED

• Aportación neta de la UEn: € 50 000,00
• Dirección: ROUTE DE CHAULNES LIEUDIT LES TRENTE ; 80190 NESLE ; Francia
• Pyme Sí:
  Región
  Hauts-de-France › Picardie › Somme
• Región: Hauts-de-France › Picardie › Somme
• Tipo de actividad: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Coste total: € 71 429,00