Project description
Mass insect breeding requires trained scientists to manage pathogen outbreaks
Since the First Agricultural Revolution around 12 000 years ago, people have been cultivating crops and breeding animals for human benefit. The emergence of pathogens and diseases in cultivated species poses a risk of economic loss to farmers as well as disease spread to humans. 'Mad cow disease' and the bird flu are a couple of recent examples. As the world turns to large-scale breeding of insects as an alternative to meat and a route to greener pest control and waste management, a large gap exists in understanding insect pathology and the ecosystems created by large-scale insect rearing. INSECT DOCTORS is training young researchers in relevant technologies and science to manage insect-microbe interactions in mass insect breeding.
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Coordinator
6708 PB Wageningen
Netherlands
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Participants (8)
1165 Kobenhavn
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75794 Paris
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46010 Valencia
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75007 Paris Cedex 07
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EX4 4QJ Exeter
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Participation ended
SN2 1FL Swindon
06484 Quedlinburg
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OX10 8BB Oxford
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