Projecten
De exploitatie van insecten mogelijk maken als een duurzame bron van eiwitten voor diervoeder en menselijke voeding. KU Leuven
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 ...
Duurzame insectenketen KU Leuven
The expected global population growth to 9.1 billion people in 2050 and the significant change of global dietary patterns require increasing world-wide food production by about 60%. The protein supply for feed and food is most critical, and requires a transition in protein sources. Edible insects can upgrade low-grade side streams of food production into high-quality protein, amino acids and vitamins in a very efficient way. Insects are thus ...
Cognitief robotsysteem voor gedigitaliseerde en genetwerkte (geautomatiseerde) insectenkwekerijen KU Leuven
By 2030 over 9 billion people, along with animals raised for food or kept as companions, will need to be fed generating inconsistencies between the demand and supply of food resources and promoting food insecurity by rendering food as unavailable, unaffordable, unevenly distributed or unsafe to eat. Therefore, food security represents the big challenge of the 21st century and in that context one promising potential sustainable solution is ...
Verbetering van de voedsel- en voedingszekerheid door bevordering van de waardeketen van eetbare insecten in Oost-Afrika KU Leuven
This project aims to contribute to addressing malnutrition in general through ‘developing sustainable insect-based value chains for improved food and nutrition security in Kenya and Uganda. Insects contribute to the human food chain either by direct consumption or indirectly as feed for domestic animals when farmed as mini-livestock. Cricket and grasshopper farming models have been successfully established in Kenya and Uganda with farmers ...
Driedimensionale holo'omische landschappen om interacties tussen gastheer en microbiota te onthullen die de dierlijke productie vormgeven KU Leuven
Understanding the interplay between animals and microorganisms associated with them has been recognised as an essential step for improving animal health, welfare and production. To understand the biomolecular interactions that impact production processes, researchers are implementing novel analytical strategies based on studying host genomes, their microbial metagenomes as well as the different ‘omic layers interconnecting them. However, such ...
Gastheer omschakelende pathogenen, besmettelijke uitbraken en zoönose; een Marie Sklodowska-Curie trainingsnetwerk KU Leuven
The ongoing increase of the human population accompanied by growing numbers of livestock to feed this population, as well as human invasion into natural habitats of wild animals makes humans progressively vulnerable to animal pathogens. Global trade as well as climate changes can contribute to pathogen transmission, e.g. through import of infected vectors or expansion of habitats for arthropod vectors such as mosquitoes and midges. Examples ...
Applied Ethology Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
Poultry and Pig Low-input and Organic production systems’ Welfare Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Dit Europees onderzoeksproject is erop gericht om het dierenwelzijn bij varkens en pluimvee, gehouden onder biologische condities en vrije-uitloopsystemen, te verbeteren. Concreet gaan de 23 projectpartners samenwerken aan innovatieve oplossingen en tools. Die worden ontwikkeld, getest, gevalideerd en kenbaar gemaakt.
Onderzoeksaanpak
De projectpartners kiezen voor een multi-actor ...
Optimaliseren van de uitloop om productie te verbeteren in biologisch gehouden kippen Instituut voor Landbouw-, Visserij- en Voedingsonderzoek
Binnen het Europese CORE Organic project Freebirds onderzoekt ILVO, in samenwerking met de Universiteit van Utrecht, hoe het gebruik van uitloop van individuele kippen in de pluimveehouderij gelinkt is aan enerzijds welzijn en anderzijds de productiecijfers.
Onderzoeksaanpak
ILVO organiseert twee experimenten. Vier groepen traag-groeiende Sasso vleeskippen ...