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Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft, Forsten und Tourismus
Bavaria
Ludwigstraße 2
80539 München
Website: External link to the authority
Regional production of sustainable chicken feed with the help of insect larvae and its application in organic farming
Concept development
Soybean meal and fish meal are Important protein components of animal feed, but the EU is highly dependent on imports of these meals. Farminsect has developed an automated platform that uses black soldier flies (BSF) to produce high-quality protein feeds from agricultural residues. With help of previous EIP-Agri funding, Farminsect developed and tested a regional insect fattening facility for aquaculture. Since September 2021, insect larvae have also been approved as feed for chicken. In this project, a concept will be developed on how to adapt the insect fattening System for aquaculture to the needs of a laying hens farm. An implementation plan will be developed, that lays out how local insect breeding can be integrated in an existing laying hens farm operation. A feeding trial will be designed to evaluate the effect of feeding of black soldier fly larvae (live, dried and as mixed feed pellets) instead of soy to laying hens.
Results and the Final report will be found here, as soon as the project is completed.
Animal husbandry
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups (in the sense of Art 56 of Reg.1305/2013)
OG Insekten-Huhn GbR
Münchner Str. 10
85232 Bergkirchen
Phone: 08131 2974748
Email: research@farminsect.eu
2023
ongoing
133,016
DE217