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Dr. Christian Hermansen at Insects to Feed the World 2024

19 Jun 2024

๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ? ๐ˆ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก-๐ฏ๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ข๐ง๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ.

SIFBI, represented by Dr. , proudly participated in the recent 2024 conference held in Singapore, 19-22 June 2024. This event brought together researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers to discuss the potential of insects as a sustainable and nutritious food source.

Dr. Christian Hermansen, team lead for Circular Bioeconomy, was part of the organizing committee and presented on the topic of "Fermentation Pre-treatment of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Black Soldier Fly Feed Production." He developed innovative, sustainable, and cost-effective feed for black soldier flies, a promising insect species for protein production.

Food waste can be pre-treated using fermentation to improve nutritional value for Black Soldier Fly Larvae (BSFL). Further improvement in biomass conversion efficiency could enable the use of low-cost substrates for commercial BSFL rearing.

SIFBI is exploring innovation in Circular Bioeconomy as part of the solution to global food security challenges. We believe that insects offer a sustainable and environmentally friendly way to produce high-quality protein for both human consumption and animal feed.
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