Acronym NORDICFFEED
Category
Aquaculture
Title Bio-conversion of non-food bio-resources to novel feeds for salmonids - a Nordic approach Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Torbjörn Lundh Coordinator email NA
Coordinator institution
SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden)
Institutions involved
NA - EniferBio (Finland) ,
LUKE - Natural Resources Institute (Finland) ,
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway) ,
Start year 2021 End year 2024 Funding (€) € 300,000 Website https://www.nordforsk.org/projects/bio-conversion-non-food-bio-resources-novel-feeds-salmonids-nordic-approach-nordicffeed Summary NORDICFEED will strengthen the agriculture, forestry and aquaculture sectors in the Nordic region by developing sustainable microbial feed ingredients (MI) from locally available food, agriculture, and forestry waste streams by advanced biotechnology. Health-beneficial effects of bioactive components in the MIs will first be evaluated by in vitro methods, using cell cultures from salmonids (Norway), and by in vivo challenging models using brine shrimp as a germ-free aquaculture model system (Sweden). Nutritional value, growth response and health effects of the most promising MIs will then be validated in rainbow trout (Sweden) and in Atlantic salmon (Norway). Our multidisciplinary team will apply state-of-the-art tools (e.g., gut physiology, histopathology, gene- and protein expression) to assess the impact of the novel feeds on performance and health of the fish in a multi-layered, system biological way. The project will investigate economical aspects and regulatory constraints of introducing by-products into the human food chain by the bioconversion of these into MI, and document environmental footprint of these ingredients for fish feed. Finally, the project will develop a multi-disciplinary Nordic platform for efficient biotransformation of food, agriculture and forest waste products into value-added products. Thus, the platform will generate knowledge and technologies that will facilitate long-term responsible research and innovation, education and training of young scientists, and that will strengthen the bioeconomy of blue and green sectors in the Nordic countries.
Keywords
Animal feed;
Bioprospecting;
Waste valorization;
Policy;
Salmon;
Wastes;
Bioactive compounds;
Crustacean;
Shellfish;
Economy;
Shrimp;
Fish;
Marine Region
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Not associated to marine areas
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