Innovative start-ups leading in this area are ‘Protix’ (Netherlands) and ‘NextProtein’ (France-Tunisia), who have both received significant investments this year to expand operational activities in producing insect-based protein animal feed and fertilisers.
Read MoreInsect based ingredients as valuable additions to livestock and fish diets is a hot topic. But who is doing what and where? All About Feed has listed some of the top companies from around the world, active in producing insects or insect meal/oil for livestock and fish.
Read MoreInnovation of this barometer this semester, the creation of the AgTech sector, emerging sector of innovative technologies and services for the agricultural and agri-food chains which registered 4 operations ( BioSCO, NextProtein, Algaia and Genuine ) for a total of 4 M € contributed by the funds.
Read MoreCo-founder and Chief Operating Officer Syrine Chaalala commented, "We welcome the European Commission's official ruling on this important reform for the aquaculture industry. With then vast majority of farmed fish relying on fishmeal and the depletion of our marine ecosystems, insect-based proteins offer the aquaculture industry a more sustainable way to ensure fish for human consumption."
Read MoreThe European Commission is to be congratulated for officially approving insect protein for aquaculture feed, however now urgent action is required to allow safe and sustainable insect-based feedstock for the pork and poultry industries, nextProtein says.
Read MoreFrench-Tunisian agritech startup nextProtein has welcomed the recent decision by EU regulators to officially allow insect protein to be fed to farmed fish, but said "more must be done to ensure outdated regulations do not slow progress in a vital field of sustainable agriculture".
Read MoreFrance-Tunisia's nextProtein Company is working on the production of a protein made from insects to feed animals, with the aim of helping to promote sustainable agriculture and address the scarcity of resources.
Read MoreUltimately, we picked the 100 start-ups most in line with our criteria. Among these are Careem, the UAE-based Arab ride-sharing app, Skiplino, the Bahraini queue management software, and nextProtein, a Tunisian start-up producing insect-based protein for livestock. These start-ups also showed impressive diversity, with founders hailing from 18 different Arab countries, from Oman to Lebanon to Tunisia.
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