Innovative feed additive for reduced methane emissions in agriculture

Purpose and goal

** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** Methane production from agriculture is a major environmental challenge and accounts for 14% of Sweden´s greenhouse gas emissions, where 40% of this is emissions from the cows digesting feed in the form of methane. Our innovation is a feed supplement consisting of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics, produced by fermentation of plant-based residual products. The goal is to develop a feed supplement that reduces methane production in the cow´s stomachs and thereby methane emissions.

Expected effects and result

** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** Development of fermented residual streams into feed supplements that can reduce methane production in livestock to the same or better level than existing alternatives. The goal is to find an optimal composition and dosage of the feed supplement to achieve long-term effects on reduced methane emissions, and to initiate in-depth studies on its effect together with government research institutions.

Planned approach and implementation

** Denna text är maskinöversatt ** The project will be carried out by fermenting plant-based substrates from industrial waste streams in a controlled lab environment and evaluating the composition of specific bioactive components. The fermented substrates are assessed based on their methane-reducing effect in artificial rumens in the laboratory. Furthermore, preparatory work and planning for in vivo experiments on cattle will be carried out, including proposal for ethical testing on animals.