Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Conveners: Dina Zilberg, BGU & Inna Khozin-Goldberg (BIDR)
Global food security is affected by multiple threats, including the ever-increasing demand for food, climate change and its impact on food production. Microalgal production has a range of advantages, such as assimilation of inorganic carbon, rapid accumulation of biomass, utilization of non-arable land, water, nitrogen and phosphorus side resources, along with high content of protein and various nutritional and health-promoting compounds. The contribution of microalgal production to the sustainable bioeconomy and food security is steadily increasing owing to isolation and domestication of new strains, genetic improvements, refinement of cultivation conditions, and downstream processing. This session will focus on the interdisciplinary approaches and implementation of microalgae to improve the sustainability of food production and contribute to food security through use as a food ingredient for human consumption and their application in sustainable livestock production.
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- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Dr. José Pedro Cañavate
Prospects of Microalgae to Meet a Growing Food Demand
Andalusian Institute for Research and Training in Fisheries and Agriculture, Spain
- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Dr. Orr Shapiro
Raman Spectroscopy, in Combination with Machine Learning Algorithms, for Monitoring the Quality and Safety of Algal Biomass
Volcani Institute, Agricultural Research Organization, Israel
- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Mr. Avraham Ben-Sheleg
Selecting for Enhanced Growth of N. Oceanica in High Light Environments Through the Improvement of ROS Tolerance
Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Ms. Olubunmi Adejimi
Utilizing Hyperspectral Transmittance Spectroscopy to Quantify and Classify Cultures of Microalgae Strains from Different Genera
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Prof. Alexei Solovchenko
Biocapture of Phosphorus From Waste streams With Microalgae: Opportunities and Caveats
Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
- Algae-Based Solutions for Food Crisis Challenges
Prof. Yoav D. Livney
Macroalgae as an Alternative Source of Protein and Starch for Food
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel