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INSECT4CITY : Benefits and risks of entomoconversion for recycling biowaste from urban and peri-urban zones

Entomoconversion in a circular bioeconomy approach

Context and challenges

In urban and periurban environments, where waste management is an increasingly
serious issue, entomoconversion (bioconversion using insects) is an attractive solution that is
compatible with the circular bioeconomy (see diagram below). However, entomoconversion also
Involves specific questions concerning the heterogeneity of bio-waste, health risk management,
regulatory and societal constraints, the quality of by-products and the establishment of dedicated
short circuits

Progress and results

The activities of the INSECT4CITY consortium have focused on the overall benefit, risk assessment,
and discussions of key issues. Initially comprised of 14 research units, 10 new partners
progressively joined the consortium which now totals 17 research units from 8 INRAE
departments and 7 non-INRAE research units (CNRS, INSERM, ONIRIS, universities).

INSECT4CITY consortium has led to:

Sixteen recorded 2-hour themed webinars.
The creation of several projects: FLY4WASTE (BETTER exploratory project), FIFA (targeted project currently being evaluated by ANR), AgriFoodTech project (underway with A*STAR, Singapore).
Marie Papin's doctoral thesis, co-supervised by three consortium members and co-funded
by BETTER and QuaPA-MASS (started In December 2022).
The creation of an e-Watch on entomoconversion with the help of DIPSO-INRAE, available
on the BETTER website
A summary article involving most of the members of the consortium, bringing together the
Ideas put forward during the webinars, is currently being finalised for submission by the
end of the year.
A paper by the consortium presented at two international conferences.
An "insects" event on the INRAE stand at the 2023 Paris Agricultural Show
Participation in educational activities (INSECT Doctoral course in May 2023; Summer School
on insects organised by Grenoble University).

Contact - Co-ordination :

Erwan Engel, UR QuaPA, TRANSFORM division
Patrick Borel, UMR C2VN, University AMU

INRAE and non-INRAE partners

INRAE partners
AGROECOSYSTEM division
UMR ITAP	Economic and social impacts of entomoculture
ALIMH division
UMR C2VN	Nutrition, bio-accumulation of micro-nutrients with health benefitsand phytochemicals in edible insects
UMR CSGA	Sensory acceptability, organoleptic drawbacks
ECOSOCIO division
UMR SMART-LERECO	Societal acceptability, economic evaluation
MATHNUM division
UR LISC	Societal acceptability, social impact of innovations
MICA division
UMR MICALIS	Insect health and microbiological safety in entomoculture
UR LBE	Microbial ecology
UMR SECALIM	Microbiological safety, benefits-risks evaluation of health/food
PHASE division
UMR BOA	Zootechny, animal nutrition, insect protein in animal nutrition
UMR SAS	Environmental impacts of entomoculture, role of insect farming in circular bioeconomy
TRANSFORM division
UR QuaPA	Chemical safety
UMR IATE	Multi-actor/criteria evaluations, benefits-risk analysis
UMR SAYFOOD	Procedures for processing insects
non-INRAE partners
UMR IRBI Université de Tours -CNRS	Insect biology
UMR GEPEA	Procedures for processing insects for animal feed or food for humans
SYSAAF Antenne de Nouzilly	Genetic selection of insects

INSECT4CITY Consortium (2020)

INSECT4CITY : Benefits and risks of entomoconversion for recycling biowaste from urban and peri-urban zones

Context and challenges

Progress and results

INSECT4CITY consortium has led to:

Contact - Co-ordination :

INRAE and non-INRAE partners

INRAE partners

non-INRAE partners

See also