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Titre du projet : CARBON CAPTURE FOR MICROBIAL PROTEIN SYNTHESIS IN BURKINA FASO (CAP-BFA)

Pays : Burkina Faso

Code projet : 21-08-DTU

Durée  : Start date : 1 April, 2022 End date : 31 December, 2026

Project Type : Research collaboration projects in Danida priority countries

Résumé
CAP-BFA project aims at contributing both to mitigate climate change and to enhance adaptive capacities of food (fodder) production in Burkina Faso. It will develop innovative technical solutions and build internationally and locally anchored research capacity to ensure rapidly and effectively reducing greenhouse gas emissions and sustainable protein supply for the Burkina people and agro-ecosystems. Through microbial electrosynthesis, we will capture & utilize CO2 for microbial protein production. Using an enzymatic approach, we will valorize agro-wastes into bioproducts and the resides could be a nitrogen source for microbial protein synthesis. In a partnership between South and Danish researchers and industries, we ensure that our developments align with the needs of Burkinabé. Finally, the environment and sustainability assessment will quantify the SDG and climate impacts of our proposed solutions. We have gathered a team that in combination has state-of-the-art knowledge on carbon capture & utilization, microbial electrosynthesis, enzymatic process, supply logistics, animal feed formulations, and sustainability assessment, with vast experience in food production in Burkina Faso, and importantly, it has the development potential to bring research on mitigating climate change and managing agro-wastes to a new level in Burkina Faso. This proposal, therefore, combines efforts across agriculture, environment, energy, and water sectors to create a new platform for local capacity building and future exchange of knowledge between Danish and Burkina researchers. This project is aligned with “Denmark– Burkina Faso Strategic Framework 2021-2025” focusing on local community resilience and climate change adaptation. It will provide scientific support to several national policies in Burkina Faso such as Burkina Faso National Climate Change Adaptation Plan (NAP) through the valorization of agro-industrial wastes and the utilization of CO2 and CH4.

Organisme leader : Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Partenaires : Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Burkina Faso DAFANI SA, Burkina Faso Expertise-For-Sens-and-Empowerment’ (EFSE), Burkina Faso SANLE EXPORT SECHAGE, Burkina Faso Regional Maritime University (RMU), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana INNITI ApS, Denmark Kvasir Technologies ApS, Denmark

Financement : 11,999,866 DKK

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