| Sanction Date: | 23-02-2018 | ||||
| Project Category | MG | ||||
| Batch Year | 2017-2018 | ||||
| Project Duration | 3 Years + 9 Months Extension | ||||
| BTA : | Biodiversity Conservation and Management | ||||
| Project Site/ State/ Districts/ Villages Covered: | Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh | ||||
| Organization/ Implementation Agency: |
Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, Takyelpat Imphal, Manipur |
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| Project Partners: | S.No. | Name | Roles & Responsibilities | ||
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Insect Bio-resources Division, IBSD, Imphal, Manipur | a) Coordinate the project; b) Documentation of traditional knowledge and culinary, c) to carry out collection of the samples and field data, d) DNA barcoding, analysis of nutritional and anti nutritional properties of selected species and characterization of functional values, |
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Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore | a) Design the experiment, b) collection, preservation inventorization and documentation, of edible insectsb) c) harvest methods and demographic studies of selected economically important edible insect d) Data management, archiving and dissemination; d) Portal development and dissemination of data e) Explore the potentials for culturing edible insects and producing value added products for enhancing the livelihood opportunities of local people. f) Explore the potentials for culturing edible insects and producing value added products for enhancing the livelihood opportunities of local people. g) Develop conservation and sustainable management strategies. |
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| Lead Proponent: | Dr. T. Shantibala Associate Professor (Entomology), Department of Plant Protection College of Horticulture And Forestry Central Agricultural University Pasighat � 791102, Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA |
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| Project Brief Description: | Insect and other invertebrates are attractive and important natural source of food for many kinds of vertebrate animals, including human. Insects are an excellent source of protein and a major ingredient of the diets of several communities around the world., Insects are considered as an inexpensive substitute for meat in many developing countries. According to United Nation Food and Agriculture organization (FAO), over 2000 insect species are eaten worldwide over 85 different countries. People do not just eat insect, they relish them as delicacies. Generally, insects often contain more protein, fat, carbohydrates and other essential micronutrients than equal amount of conventional meat. There are also various reasons to explore insects as a food sources like their impressive nutritive value, easy breeding in captivity and high biomass. For people who have traditionally relies on insects for food, sustainable utilization of insect resources could lower nutritional deficiencies. The North-East India having a total geographical area of 2,62,179 km2 (about 8 % of the total area of India) form a genetic treasure house of plant, animal and microbial resources. The region forms a distinctive part of the Indo-Burmese Hotspot and is a prime one among the two identified for the Indian sub-continent. The region also falls in the bio-geographic tri-junction of the Indian, the Himalayan and the oriental landmass. It lies in the north of the Himalayas where immense variety of the climatic, edaphic and altitudinal variations have resulted in a great range of ecological habitats. The lushness of its landscape, favourable climatic condition, the range of communities and geographical and ecological diversity makes the North-Eastern part of India quite different from other parts of the subcontinent. A large number of ethnic people are also inhabitants in this part of India and they also possess a vast traditional knowledge on effective utilization of edible insects and other edible invertebrates were acquired through the experience and usually passed on by oral traditions as a guarded secret of certain families. Accepting insects and other invertebrate as food is a part of integral traditional culture of several ethnic people of the north-eastern states. Furthermore, the usage of insects in traditional medicine was recorded since time immemorial in this region. Over 2000 species of edible insects recorded over 300 ethnic groups around the world, it is estimated that over 200 species of insects and other invertebrate animals are consumed in North East India . Many species have served as traditional foods among indigenous peoples and played an important role in their food culture and nutrition. Insects have higher food conversion efficiency than other higher animals. This makes invertebrate meat more ecological than vertebrate meat. However, wider acceptance of edible insect and other invertebrates as standard food in the other part of the country is a big question. Reducing the bias against insects as food will be promising by promoting nutritional value to stable diets and maximizing ecological benefits with edible insects. The traditional use of insects as food and other invertebrates is widespread in N. E. India and provides significant nutritional, economic and ecological benefits for rural communities | ||||
| Beneficiaries/ Stakeholders: | local communities, forest departments, food agriculture departments, local women and policy makers | ||||
| Activity Chart (For 3 Years): | Click Here | ||||
| Total Grants (in Rs.) | Rs. 2,49,90,000/- (Rupees Two Crore Forty Nine Lakh Ninety Thousand only) | |||
| Project Objectives | Quantifiable Deliverables | Monitoring Indicators |
| Systematic inventorization and cataloguing of edible insects and molluscs; | Molecular catalogue and maps of edible insects with demographic distribution and harvest practices for all NE states. | Region-specific harvest practices/ Models (Nos) |
| Molecular cataloguing and genetic characterization of the potential edible insect and molluscs; | Document on the Indigenous knowledge system that sustains the diverse livelihood options using edible insects | Molecular Catalogues and supporting maps (Nos); |
| Estimation of the nutritional and anti nutritional factors of insects and molluscs; | Development of 5 conservation and sustainable models for economically important species for income generation. | Income generation(Rs./person); |
| Exploration of the potentials for culturing edible insects producing value-added products for enhancing the livelihood opportunities of local people and promote sustainable harvesting practices. | Qualitative and quantitative baselines data base on resource use profiles, environmental conditions, institutional and policy regimes, | No. of New Database/ Datasets generated on the identified dynamics (No.); |
| No. of Stakeholders benefitted (No. of Youth, No. of Women, and Total No. of Beneficiaries); | ||
| An information portal (E-DIS) for edible insects and entomophagy in India. | Other Publications and knowledge products (Nos.). |
| S.No. | Name | Qualification | Designation | Salary (Annual) |
| 1. | Deepak Singh Lourembam | Ph.D | RA | 1,81,393/- |
| 2. | Sapam Athoibi | M.Sc | JPF | 74,942/- |
| 3. | Swanil Boyane | M.Sc. | JPF | 1,11,832/- |
| 4. | Ajano T Sanglo | M.Sc. | JPF | 1,11,832/- |
| 5. | Smitha Krishanan | Ph.D | Post-doc | 2,04,480/- |
| S.No. | Name of Equipment | Use of Equipment | Cost (in INR) |
| 1. | Ultra low temperature deep freezer (NBS) (1) | CryoCube F570 | 8,50,000/- |
| 2. | Bio-Spectrometre (1) | Eppendorf | 5,50,000/- |
| 3. | Sterep Microscope | Olympus | 9,98,000/- |
| 4. | GPS (2) | Garmin handehelds GPS | 27,950/- |
| 5. | Digital Hndycam (1) | with Exmore RCMOS sensor | 1,01,067/- |
| 6. | Field gears and storage units | QUECHUA ARPEJAZ 6.3 Camping Equipmensts sets | 86,000/- |
| 7. | Data Loggers (2) | HP Desktop 590-p0054in | 58,520/- |
| 8. | Printer | EPSON L380 | 11,400/- |
| 9. | Image analyser | Mac Book Pro | 1,77,104/- |
