In Tomsk State University are going to make the breeding of earthworms profitable business. Russian scientists want to build a factory for the type of Chinese or Japanese industries.
«In modern agriculture has highly productive breeds of pigs, cows and chickens. Why not create a highly productive breeds of worms? “- Quotes” Russian newspaper “the statement head of the department of plant protection TSU Andrey Babenko. The professor argues that “it is the same animal husbandry”, and worms – a protein with a high protein content, which is not inferior to the protein of valuable breeds of domestic animals.
vermicultivation, just so is the process of growing worms, can become quite profitable, as in the year under good conditions, the population will grow by 10-15 times.
«animal grows the mass of earthworms can help solve the global problems of our time – the shortage of animal protein,” – Babenko said. He noted that the worm protein can be widely used in dietary nutrition, cosmetics and even pharmaceuticals. And because such factories are mainly in China, Vietnam and Japan, then Tomsk experts will have a good chance to take the market and meet the demand.
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