Sustainable, localised Farm-based microalgal fermentation to transform protein supplements for animal feedstock

可持续、本地化的农场微藻发酵可转化为动物饲料的蛋白质补充剂

• 批准号: 10052883
• 金额: $ 52.73万
• 依托单位: 17CICADA LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10052883
• 关键词: Sustainable; localised; Farm; based; microalgal

17Cicada anticipates the development of a revolutionary process that will allow individual farms to independently produce their own animal feed in a way that is sustainable, cost effective and with minimal environmental impact. 17Cicada aims to generate a robust and innovative way of utilising wastewater to support the growth of nutritional microalgae that can be converted into high quality animal feed.The global population is predicted to reach 9.8 billion by 2050 and 11.2 billion in 2100 (UN), significantly increasing the pressure on food production. Global events, such as the war in Ukraine, have had a significant impact on the cost of animal wheat feed, which has increased by 26.5 % over the last year. This has impacted on food inflation, which has risen to 13 % in the UK, compounding the current cost-of-living crisis. To provide food for the world's growing population, a significant increase in crop production is necessary to support livestock production. Unfortunately, the availability of arable land and fresh water is limited. Climate change is also predicted to affect the production of both maize and wheat by 2030, reducing maize crops by 24 % and wheat crops declining by 17 %.Microalgae are an exciting solution to this problem. Microalgae have a high protein content (\>75 %) and are highly efficient in their utilisation of nitrogen and phosphate. This contrasts with conventional agricultural protein production, which results in nitrogen and phosphate run off, leading to pollution of lakes and rivers as well as ocean acidification. With microalgae protein production almost all the nitrogen and phosphates are converted to protein with minimal environmental impact.**Our vision is the sustainable production of microalgae-based animal feed** which will significantly help the farming industry to increase production and reduce costs. We envisage a revolution where our simple but innovative photobioreactors are operated by the farm, producing little or no waste, remediating agricultural wastewater and consuming carbon dioxide to produce microalgae for animal feed.**Our key objectives** involve the isolation of fast-growing microalgae strains with excellent nutritional profiles capable of growth using wastewater. We will also focus on optimising our photobioreactor technology to integrate seamlessly with existing farm infrastructure, coupled with robust techno-economic analyses.**Our innovation** is a first-of-a-kind attempt to produce industrial microalgae strains pre-optimised for growth using agricultural wastewater to produce high-quality animal feed in a way that is sustainable and cost effective.

17Cicada 预计将开发出一种革命性的工艺，使各个农场能够以可持续、具有成本效益且对环境影响最小的方式独立生产自己的动物饲料。 17Cicada 旨在开发一种稳健且创新的方法，利用废水来支持营养微藻的生长，从而转化为高质量动物饲料。预计到 2050 年，全球人口将达到 98 亿，到 2100 年将达到 112 亿（联合国），显着增加粮食生产压力加大。乌克兰战争等全球事件对动物小麦饲料的成本产生了重大影响，去年动物小麦饲料的成本上涨了26.5%。这影响了食品通胀，英国食品通胀率已升至 13%，加剧了当前的生活成本危机。为了向世界不断增长的人口提供粮食，必须大幅增加农作物产量来支持畜牧业生产。不幸的是，可耕地和淡水资源有限。预计到 2030 年，气候变化将影响玉米和小麦的产量，导致玉米产量减少 24%，小麦产量减少 17%。微藻是解决这一问题的一个令人兴奋的解决方案。微藻具有高蛋白质含量（>75%），并且对氮和磷的利用效率很高。这与传统的农业蛋白质生产形成鲜明对比，传统的农业蛋白质生产会导致氮和磷酸盐流失，导致湖泊和河流污染以及海洋酸化。通过微藻蛋白质生产，几乎所有的氮和磷酸盐都转化为蛋白质，对环境的影响最小。**我们的愿景是可持续生产基于微藻的动物饲料**，这将极大地帮助养殖业提高产量并降低成本。我们设想一场革命，我们简单但创新的光生物反应器由农场操作，产生很少或不产生废物，修复农业废水并消耗二氧化碳来生产用于动物饲料的微藻。**我们的主要目标**包括分离快速生长的微藻。具有优良营养成分的微藻菌株，能够利用废水生长。我们还将专注于优化我们的光生物反应器技术，以与现有农场基础设施无缝集成，并结合强大的技术经济分析。**我们的创新**是生产预先优化的工业微藻菌株的首次尝试。利用农业废水以可持续且具有成本效益的方式生产高质量动物饲料。