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PRESS CONFERENCE: «Breton algae to improve animal and human health and nutrition in Africa»
Owing to its climate, Africa faces a significant presence of mycotoxins in the raw materials intended for animal and human nutrition (coffee, cocoa , etc)...
PRESS CONFERENCE
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris 15ème
Hall 7 – 3rd floor – room 732 B – Vega B
Wednesday, 26th February, at 10h00
Owing to its climate, Africa faces a significant presence of mycotoxins in the raw materials intended for animal and human nutrition (coffee, cocoa ...).
Ten years of R&D in the field of blue technologies dedicated to enhancing the value of algae.
For ten years now, Olmix Group, an expert in blue biotechnologies which is already present in West Africa (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Mali), has been developing natural products based on seaweed concentrates, specifically aimed at improving animal nutrition and health. The Group’s R&D is based on the cracking technology, which extracts the active ingredients (molecules) of algae to integrate them in final products.
Such natural products are partial substitutes of pharmaceutical and chemical products intended for animal and plant nutrition and health.
In this regard, a study conducted on Côte d’Ivoire-based poultry farms produced spectacular results, with death rates dropping by 50% in the farms where algal products were used (result of the 2013 SeaLyt-Searup Spark field test).
Côte d’Ivoire counts on Olmix technology
After a 2012 meeting in Brittany and a new discussion held on 3rd February in Côte d’Ivoire, the Ivorian Minister of Livestock and Fishery Resources, Kobenan Kouassi Adjoumani and Hervé Balusson decided to implement an ambitious project consisting in the establishment in Côte d’Ivoire of:
- a plant in Grand Bassam Free Zone, which will focus on manufacturing products for animal nutrition based on Breton algae concentrates and local proteins.
- a laboratory for animal health, mycotoxin analysis and food security, under the auspices of the Ivorian authorities.
The Minister of Livestock and Fishery Resources of Côte d’Ivoire, Kobenan Kouassi ADJOUMANI, and Hervé Balusson, CEO of Olmix, during a 2012 visit in Brittany.
Olmix, in cooperation with other stakeholders, mostly of Brittany (Roscoff Biological Station – CNRS, PME – PMI, universities etc.) is working today towards developing an algae industry based on the latest scientific discoveries made by research laboratories.