Ex-ante life cycle impact assessment of insect based feed production in West Africa

Roffeis, Martin; Fitches, Elaine; Wakefield, M.; Almeida, Joana; Valada, Tatiana; Devic, Emilie; Koné, N’golo Abdoulaye; Kenis, Marc; Nacambo, Saidou; Koko, Gabriel K.D.; Mathijs, Erik; Achten, Wouter; Muys, Bart

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2019.102710

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“…Mean WD, LD and EU for FM, wheat, fish oil, starch and mineral and vitamin mixes were obtained from Chatvijitkul et al [ 32 ]. Data of WD, LD, EU and GWP for H. illucens larva meal was retrieved from Roffeis et al [ 33 ]. Finally, GWP for FM was sourced from Thevenot et al [ 34 ] and GWP for wheat meal from Heusala et al [ 35 ].…”

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Partially Defatted Hermetia illucens Larva Meal in Diet of Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Juveniles

Stejskal

Tran

Prokešová

et al. 2020

Animals

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Insect meal is gaining increased attention in aquafeed formulations due to high protein content and an essential amino acid profile similar to that of fishmeal. To investigate insect meal in feed for European perch Perca fluviatilis, a promising candidate for European intensive culture, we replaced standard fishmeal with partially defatted black soldier fly Hermetia illucens larva meal at rates of 0%, 20%, 40% and 60% (groups CON, H20, H40 and H60, respectively) and compared growth performance, somatic indices, hematological parameters, whole-body proximate composition and occurrence of spleen lipidosis. In addition, we assessed the economic and environmental sustainability of the tested feeds by calculating economic conversion ratio (ECR) and economic profit index (EPI). The tested groups did not differ in survival rate. Significant differences were documented in final body weight and specific growth rate, with the highest values in CON, H20 and H40. The proximate composition of fish whole-body at the end of the experiment did not differ in dry matter, crude protein or ether extract, while organic matter, ash and gross energy composition showed significant differences. The fatty acid content and n-3/n-6 ratio showed a decreasing trend with increasing H. illucens larva meal inclusion. No differences were found in hematological parameters among tested groups. The H. illucens larva meal inclusion significantly affected ECR and EPI, even at 20% inclusion level the cost of diets did not differ from the control fish meal based diet. Results suggested that 40% inclusion of H. illucens larva meal can be used successfully in standard diets for perch.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Partially Defatted Hermetia illucens Larva Meal in Diet of Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Juveniles

Stejskal

Tran

Prokešová

et al. 2020

Animals

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“…Various studies have been conducted with regard to the LCA of the production of insects for use as feed [19][20][21][22] . However, in recent years, researchers have focused on the environmental life cycle impacts of edible insect production systems.…”

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Life cycle assessment of edible insects (Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis larvae) as a future protein and fat source

Nikkhah

Haute

Jovanović

et al. 2021

Sci Rep

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Because it is important to develop new sustainable sources of edible protein, insects have been recommended as a new protein source. This study applied Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to investigate the environmental impact of small-scale edible insect production unit in South Korea. IMPACT 2002 + was applied as the baseline impact assessment (IA) methodology. The CML-IA baseline, EDIP 2003, EDP 2013, ILCD 2011 Midpoint, and ReCiPe midpoint IA methodologies were also used for LCIA methodology sensitivity analysis. The protein, fat contents, and fatty acid profile of the investigated insect (Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis larvae) were analyzed to determine its potential food application. The results revealed that the studied edible insect production system has beneficial environmental effects on various impact categories (ICs), i.e., land occupation, mineral extraction, aquatic and terrestrial ecotoxicity, due to utilization of bio-waste to feed insects. This food production system can mitigate the negative environmental effects of those ICs, but has negative environmental impact on some other ICs such as global warming potential. By managing the consumption of various inputs, edible insects can become an environmentally efficient food production system for human nutrition.

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“…Separate goal is set in the studies dealing with insect production for waste treatment including manure treatment (Ites et al, 2020;Komakech et al, 2015;Mertenat et al, 2019;Roffeis et al, 2015;Salomone et al, 2017) and further animals grown on insects (Van Zanten et al, 2015). More prospective approach is presented in studies dealing with ex-ante and consequential assessment (Roffeis et al, 2017;Smetana et al, 2019b), and evaluation environmental performance of insect production in regional perspective (West Africa) (Roffeis et al, 2020).…”

Section: Environmental Hotspots Of Insect Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some studies account for the weight the input materials in case of waste or manure treatment to determine efficiency of biotransformation (Ites et al, 2020;Komakech et al, 2015;Mertenat et al, 2019;Roffeis et al, 2015;Salomone et al, 2017). Studies dealing with production of insectbased feed (Maiolo et al, 2020;Roffeis et al, 2017Roffeis et al, , 2020Thévenot et al, 2018;Van Zanten et al, 2015) or insectbased ingredients for food and feed purposes (Halloran et al, 2017;Smetana et al, 2015Smetana et al, , 2016Smetana et al, , 2019bSuckling et al, 2020;Ulmer et al, 2020) rely on weight-based unit of output product (feed, meal, insects, dried insects). In order to consider nutritional properties of insects studies rely on comparison based on amount of proteins (Bosch et al, 2019;Halloran et al, 2017;Joensuu and Silvenius, 2017;Oonincx and De Boer, 2012;Salomone et al, 2017;Smetana et al, 2015Smetana et al, , 2016Smetana et al, , 2019bUlmer et al, 2020), lipids (Salomone et al, 2017;Smetana et al, 2019bSmetana et al, , 2020a or energy (Smetana et al, 2015).…”

Section: Environmental Hotspots Of Insect Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The overall reliability of data in the analysed studies could be assessed as good, as a lot of studies relied on primary data for foreground processes of insect production (Bava et al, 2019;Halloran et al, 2017;Oonincx and De Boer, 2012;Roffeis et al, 2017Roffeis et al, , 2020Salomone et al, 2017;Smetana et al, 2019b;Suckling et al, 2020;Thévenot et al, 2018;Ulmer et al, 2020), a few studies relied on mixed literature and primary measured data (Ites et al, 2020;Maiolo et al, 2020;Mertenat et al, 2019;Smetana et al, 2016). The studies, which have a hypothetical or review character relied on secondary modelled data or literature sources for the modelling of LCA (Bosch et al, 2019;Komakech et al, 2015;Roffeis et al, 2015;Smetana et al, 2015;Van Zanten et al, 2015).…”

Section: Environmental Hotspots Of Insect Productionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental aspects of insect mass production

Smetana

Spykman

Heinz

2021

JIFF

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Mass production of insects is calling for environmentally optimised and economically efficient insect value chains. It is a complex task considering a great variety in insect species, production scales, feed formulations, etc. Taking a challenge of environmental impact clarification, a few studies highlight on life cycle assessment (LCA) of insect production. The current study is aimed to systemise 24 selected previous studies to establish a modular framework for the determination of contribution of sustainability assessment factors of insect production chains. Reviewing published studies according to the elements of LCA, the study identified a feasible approach for the modelling of insect production chains, which can be used for the facilitation of comparability of further LCA studies. The approach is based on a modular analysis of insect production through a graphical mapping of value chains (allowed identification of precise system boundaries) supplemented with table analysis considering scale of production, reference (functional) unit, impact assessment methodology and type of LCA. Such an approach allows for consistency in LCA setting and further comparability of results.

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Ex-ante life cycle impact assessment of insect based feed production in West Africa

Cited by 19 publications

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Partially Defatted Hermetia illucens Larva Meal in Diet of Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Juveniles

Partially Defatted Hermetia illucens Larva Meal in Diet of Eurasian Perch (Perca fluviatilis) Juveniles

Life cycle assessment of edible insects (Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis larvae) as a future protein and fat source

Environmental aspects of insect mass production

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