BSFL Newton Fund Impact Project

Tweeting about our @Newtonfund project on Black Soldier Fly Larvae as a novel income stream in Malaysia

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Thanks to all participants who’ve attended the Newton Fund Impact Scheme workshop 2022! @BBSRC MIGHT @UniOfYork @utm_my

[BSFL Newton Fund Impact Project @BSFL4dev]

Researchers at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and the @UniOfYork under the Newton Fund Impact Scheme have developed a novel biotechnological process that converts oil palm empty fruit bunch into sustainable feed for black soldier fly larvae (BSFL).

[BSFL Newton Fund Impact Project @BSFL4dev]

A multi-omics approach to lignocellulolytic enzyme discovery reveals a new ligninase activity from Parascedosporium putredinis NO1 https://t.co/uqBzM27MTv

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The black soldier fly has several stages in its life cycle:

Egg +/- 2 days
Neonate +/- 5 days
Larval +/- 7 days
Pupae +/- 10 days
Adult +/- 10 days

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At a recent workshop held at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in April 2019 (https://t.co/h8Pb42ocXu), funded by a
@BBSRC Partnering Award and GCRF Priming Award, we explored the idea of using microbially processed crop residues into feed for the production of BSFL.

[BSFL Newton Fund Impact Project @BSFL4dev]

New Memorandum of Understanding signed to pave the way for increased collaboration, supporting our @Newtonfund project to develop sustainable sources of fish feed from oil palm waste: https://t.co/3eejPuA1Rn