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4266. Network Design of an Insect-based Supply Chain
Invited abstract in session MC-23: Sustainable food supply chains, stream Circular Economy, Remanufacturing and Recycling .
Monday, 12:30-14:00Room: 82 (building: 116)
Authors (first author is the speaker)
| 1. | Sara Martins
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| INESC TEC | |
| 2. | Maria João Martins dos Santos
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| INESC TEC |
Abstract
Insect farming has recently gained notoriety as a more sustainable alternative in the food and feed industry. Insects need less land, water, and feed than conventional livestock and can be fed on residual by-products from the food transformation industry that would otherwise be considered waste. By capitalizing on these factors, insect farming demonstrates a substantially smaller environmental footprint compared to conventional protein sources like cattle rearing and intensive agriculture. It is also important to design a sustainable supply chain, when defining the facility locations and suppliers selected.
Thus, this work studies the network design problem of an insect-based supply chain, which needs to account for the by-products selected as feed and their distinct conversion rate into protein and processing costs.
Keywords
- Network Design
- Optimization Modeling
- OR in Sustainability
Status: accepted
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