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TP ORGANICS Organic Innovation Days Bruxelles Dec.2015

TP ORGANICS

Organic Innovations Days

1-2 December 2015

INSECTS in the FOOD CHAIN: opportunities for the organic sectorRaffaele Zanoli, UNIVPM (Italy)


Scope

1. Context and Drivers in our Foodand Feed supply:

The (animal!) Protein crunch2. Why Insects ?

Alternative ANIMAL proteins3. Role for organics

Insects don’t like pesticides….


A Global Protein Challenge

We are feeding:

• 7 billion people (42 kg of MEAT/ 20 Kg of FISH (average capita food availability)

• < 1 billion pet animals (dogs, cats, birds, fish, horses, .......zoo’s)

Farmed animals for human consumption

• 20 billion chickens/ 1,5 cattle,pigs/ 1,2 ducks/ 1,1 b sheep/ 1 b goats/ 0,8 b rabbits/....

• 70 million tons of farmed fish (aquaculture).......


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How long can we sustain this model of protein supply?• Livestock have relatively

low feed conversion ratios (FCR) i.e. low efficiency in transforming vegetable proteins into animal proteins

• 6.4 billions of feed are fed annually to livestock: 18% are food-grade legumes and grains fit for humans

• Water consumption is growing twice as fast as population growth, while the global average water footprint of livestock is also growing (waterfootprint.org)

• Beef: 15400 litre/kg• Sheep meat: 10400 litre/kg• Pig meat: 5990 litre/kg• Goat meat: 5520 litre/kg• Poultry meat :4330 litre/kg • Milk: 1020 litre/kg• Maize: 1220 litre/kg• Soybean: 2440 litre/kg


2. Protein alternatives

• Capture more out of oceans: Medusae, Jelly fish, krill,...

• Farming the sea: macro,micro Algae (Spirula – High tech)

• Artificial proteins: meat (120.000$/kg), synthetic (6$/kg)

• More out of Agro-industry processing byproducts: maisgluten, brewers grains,...

• Farming Less common plant protein sources: oil seeds; legumes, forages, trees (Moringa),.......

• .........

Compete for land, water, fertilizers, farm inputs


Why Insects ?

• Provide enough food protein for 2 billion people

• Natural feed of chickens, carnivore fish, pigs,...

• Good proteins, fats, minerals, + micro nutrients

• Feed conversion efficiency: 4x cattle

• Can be Fed with organic waste, not competing with foods for humans

• Fast breeding cycle (10 days to 1 month)

• Less water, land, CHG,..

• Socially more inclusive – easy to farm, no need for huge investment or “high tech” skills

• Opportunities for business and jobs at any level, everywhere

• May help reduce use of antibiotics in feed......

• Interdisciplinary: food-feed-health-waste disposal- climate change...

• Global market potential........

“one stone....many birds”

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1 Kg 3 Kg 5 Kg

10 Kg

Protein conversion rates

9 Kg

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Insect as natural organic feed: carnivore fishes in nature do not eat soy


Insect as organic feed: for organic free range chickens insects are a natural part of their feed......


Insect as natural health promotores in feed


Insect as (organic) food?

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2 billion people are eating insects!

1900 species used as food


Insect are naturally organic

• Insect don’t like pesticides…

• Insects, to be safe food and feed, need to eat organic feed since some species are quite tolerant to heavy metals and they tend to concentrate them (Bioaccumulation)

• Insect are a better source of animal proteins than many meat and fish product and can be used as enhancer in food with nutraceutic properties (e.g. more antioxidants and better fats)


Conclusions

• Many insects are natural allies of organic farmers: bees, aphid predators & parasites, beneficailnematodes, etc.

• Raising insect can complement farm income with low investment, and this is important in family farms and in developing countries

• Can provide natural feed to free range chicken and may restore a more natural organic aquaculture

• They are a more sustainable source of protein for humans too, facing global warming challenges


Thanks for the attention!

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