Kanalle lähitoukkaa

The aim of
the project is to improve the self-sufficiency, resilience, and crisis
resilience of poultry and pig farms by developing a farm-scale, easily scalable
insect protein production process for feed manufacturing.

The need is
currently particularly high in organic production due to the cost and
difficulty of obtaining organic fishmeal and organic soy. The by-product of
insect production, called frass, is high-quality fertilizer, and its use
improves fertilizer self-sufficiency.

The
innovation of the project is a model for producing insect protein on the farm.
The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) was chosen as the production
insect based on its good production characteristics and disease resistance. The
model includes information on the equipment and methods for producing Hermetia
protein, as well as scalable calculation tools for preparing farm-specific
profitability calculations. The operational model developed in the project
strengthens the resilience and self-sufficiency of livestock production by
replacing imported protein – soy and fishmeal.

The project
is implemented by an European Innovation Partnership, coordinated by the
Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), with Jyväskylä University of
Applied Sciences (Jamk) and Kaisti Farm as sub-implementers.

The
project's published result is a method suitable for farm scale Hermetia
cultivation and insect protein processing, suitable technologies, processes,
quality control, facility and equipment investment planning, and scalable
calculation tools for cost and profitability assessment. The calculation tools
help evaluate under what conditions production would be economically viable as
situations and cost factors change. This is about securing the profitability of
production at the farm level - anticipation and preparation - resilience in the
face of rising production input prices.

For more information:

Tiina Siimekselä, [email protected], p. +35840 630 3149

Pertti Marnila, [email protected], p. +35829 532 6355