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Vegetable scraps: bioconversion for poultry farming - W2Fly2Feedng

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Completed | 2019 - 2022 Italy
Completed | 2019 - 2022 Italy

Objectives

This plan general objective is the enhancement of waste management of fruit, vegetable and cereal growers companies in order to get poultry feed to pursue a circular economy, in which the products retain their value as long as possible and minimize the waste production and their impact on the environment.

Activities

To realize the plan the following activities will be organized:
• larvae digestion of vegetable scraps.
• Analytical evaluation of larvae as well as of initial and final compost (fat protein, mycotoxin content).
• Poultry diet integration with larvae according to current regulations
• Analytical evaluation of poultry meat and eggs
• life cycle assessment of the activities undertaken in order to evaluate the reduction of the environmental impact due to the re-use of vegetable scraps.
• Panel tests to evaluate consumer acceptance of poultry meat and eggs from animals feed with larvae.

Project details
Main funding source
Rural development 2014-2020 for Operational Groups
Rural Development Programme
2014IT06RDRP003 Italy - Rural Development Programme (Regional) - Emilia-Romagna
Emplacement
Main geographical location
Parma
Other geographical location
Piacenza

EUR 226709.68

Total budget

Total contributions from EAFRD, national co-financing, additional national financing and other financing.

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1 Practice Abstracts

The achieved results are:

• the reuse of the vegetable scraps through digestion by larvae of Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and Tenebrio molitor (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). In this way larvae with high fat an protein content can be obtained. Such larvae have been used as dietary supplement in poultry farming (meat and eggs). No significant differences have been observed in weight increase as well as in the number of produced eggs. Nevertheless differences in fat composiotions have been detected allowing a better shelf-life of meat and eggs from animals feed with larvae

• a questionnaire filled by more than 850 person in Italy shows great interest by consumers in meat and eggs from poultry fed with insects

Contacts

Project coordinator

  • Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

    Project coordinator

    emanuele.mazzoni@unicatt.it +39 0523 599237 via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza
         Research institute

Project partners

  • Azienda Agraria Sperimentale Stuard

    Project partner

    stuardscrl@arubapec.it +39 0521 671569 Strada Madonna dell’Aiuto 7/A, 43126 Parma
         Farm holder

  • Azienda Agricola Ca’ d’Alfieri

    Project partner

    cadalfieri@pec.it +39 0347 8927775 Località Predario 29 43032 Bardi (PR)
         Farm holder

  • Azienda Agricola La Ciastra Ed San Michel

    Project partner

    lorella.pavan@pec.agritel.it +39 3332034425 Strada Corniana –Cazzola 24, 43040 Terenzo (PR)
         Farm holder

  • Azienda Agricola Marco Nicelli

    Project partner

    nicelli@pec.it +39 0523 863981 Strada Mottaziana n.38, 29011 Borgonovo Val Tidone (Pc)
         Farm holder

  • Azienda Agricola Peracchi

    Project partner

    andrea.peracchi@pec.agritel.it +39 3358244719 Strada Varone Salsomaggiore 3, Varone Bottazzola, 43047 Pellegrino parmense (PR)
         Farm holder

  • Centro di Formazione Vittorio Tadini

    Project partner

    formazione.aziendatadini@pec.it +39 0523.523032 Località Vignazza 15, 29027 Podenzano (PC)
         Other