{"id":2965,"date":"2024-02-15T13:48:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2024-02-15T13:53:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T13:53:30","slug":"the-waste-devouring-flies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/the-waste-devouring-flies\/","title":{"rendered":"As moscas devoradoras de res\u00edduos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"ember3782\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">No meu quarto artigo sobre a Costa Rica, tive a oportunidade de acompanhar um dos fundos mais alinhados com a nossa tese de investimento em nosso portf\u00f3lio, o EcoEnterprises, em uma visita a uma de suas empresas investidas, a opera\u00e7\u00e3o de prote\u00edna de insetos da Pronuvo. Investimos no fundo EcoEnterprises h\u00e1 cinco anos para diversificar nosso portf\u00f3lio de investimentos na bioeconomia, expandindo-o para al\u00e9m do Brasil e para outros pa\u00edses da Am\u00e9rica Latina. Com escrit\u00f3rios na Col\u00f4mbia e na Costa Rica, o EcoEnterprises possui trinta anos de experi\u00eancia investindo na regi\u00e3o al\u00e9m das estruturas tradicionais de capital pr\u00f3prio ou d\u00edvida. Eles encontram maneiras alternativas de combinar os dois para poder apoiar uma ampla gama de neg\u00f3cios na regi\u00e3o que crescem em parceria com a natureza. Muitos deles no setor aliment\u00edcio.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3XWYxhO5GE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">Veja esta publica\u00e7\u00e3o no Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C3XWYxhO5GE\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Meraki Impact (@merakiimpact)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p id=\"ember3784\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Conheci os irm\u00e3os Carmona, fundadores da Pronuvo, quando me vi retido na Costa Rica durante a pandemia. Na \u00e9poca, eles estavam arrecadando fundos para construir a primeira f\u00e1brica de produ\u00e7\u00e3o em larga escala de prote\u00edna de insetos em Gu\u00e1piles, perto do porto caribenho de Lim\u00f3n, na Costa Rica. Embora outras empresas do setor j\u00e1 tivessem obtido sucesso em pa\u00edses como Holanda, Fran\u00e7a e Canad\u00e1, eles acreditavam que fazia mais sentido estabelecer sua f\u00e1brica na Costa Rica, habitat natural da mosca-soldado-negra, e pr\u00f3xima a fazendas de peixes que precisavam de fontes de ra\u00e7\u00e3o sustent\u00e1veis para substituir a farinha de peixe, que n\u00e3o \u00e9 sustent\u00e1vel. A EcoEnterprises se mostrou a parceira ideal para eles, e fiquei feliz em ver o neg\u00f3cio se concretizar.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember3785\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Avan\u00e7ando para 2024, a Pronuvo opera uma f\u00e1brica totalmente funcional que converte res\u00edduos de uma grande multinacional de bananas em prote\u00edna de alta qualidade extra\u00edda das larvas da mosca-soldado-negra. O modelo da Pronuvo exemplifica uma economia circular, utilizando a mosca-soldado-negra para converter res\u00edduos \u2014 principalmente cascas de banana \u2014 em prote\u00edna para piscicultura, avicultura e, mais recentemente, para animais de estima\u00e7\u00e3o. Com a aprova\u00e7\u00e3o do uso de prote\u00edna de insetos em ra\u00e7\u00e3o para animais de estima\u00e7\u00e3o nos EUA e na Europa, um mercado multibilion\u00e1rio para prote\u00edna de insetos se abriu, e a Pronuvo est\u00e1 bem posicionada para capitalizar sobre ele.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2966\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2966\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2966 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.00-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.00-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.00-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.00-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.00.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2966\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">F\u00e1brica ProNuvo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember3786\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Durante nossa visita \u00e0 f\u00e1brica, recebemos uma visita guiada completa por todo o processo, desde a cria\u00e7\u00e3o das moscas e coleta de seus ovos at\u00e9 a eclos\u00e3o das larvas, que ent\u00e3o consomem toneladas de cascas de banana e outros res\u00edduos de fruticulturas pr\u00f3ximas ao longo de 10 dias. Isso aumenta sua massa em 10.000 vezes, produzindo uma rica fonte de prote\u00ednas, gorduras e amino\u00e1cidos, com in\u00fameros benef\u00edcios para a sa\u00fade, podendo ser utilizada como alimento para animais. A opera\u00e7\u00e3o tamb\u00e9m gera um fertilizante natural a partir dos res\u00edduos restantes ap\u00f3s a digest\u00e3o.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2967\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2967 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.01-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.01-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.01-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.01-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.01.jpeg 1465w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Larvas da mosca-soldado-negra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember3787\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Devo admitir que estava mentalmente preparado para ser cercado por uma nuvem de moscas zumbindo nas instala\u00e7\u00f5es deles. No entanto, foi uma experi\u00eancia muito mais tranquila. A mosca-soldado-negra tem um ciclo de vida de 45 dias, com apenas 5 dias dedicados \u00e0 reprodu\u00e7\u00e3o. A mosca sequer possui boca, pois n\u00e3o se alimenta nesses cinco dias, n\u00e3o carregando bact\u00e9rias nocivas nem representando qualquer risco ambiental.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2968\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2968\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2968\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.02-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.02-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.02-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.02-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.02-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2968\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mosca Soldado Negra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember3788\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">O potencial da mosca-soldado-negra para a produ\u00e7\u00e3o de prote\u00edna vegetal \u00e9 imenso, assim como seu potencial para o gerenciamento de res\u00edduos. As larvas podem consumir qualquer res\u00edduo alimentar, e a Pronuvo adaptou todos os seus processos para otimizar a velocidade e a sa\u00fade das larvas ao processar res\u00edduos de banana, considerando que o fluxo de res\u00edduos est\u00e1 a apenas 14 km de dist\u00e2ncia. No entanto, a opera\u00e7\u00e3o pode ser adaptada para utilizar qualquer res\u00edduo de processamento de alimentos dispon\u00edvel. Com bilh\u00f5es de peixes, aves e animais de estima\u00e7\u00e3o criados em cativeiro para alimentar, sem mencionar o consumo m\u00ednimo de energia, \u00e1gua e emiss\u00f5es de carbono em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com a produ\u00e7\u00e3o convencional de prote\u00edna \u2014 seja de origem animal ou vegetal \u2014 os benef\u00edcios da prote\u00edna vegetal s\u00e3o evidentes. Requerendo espa\u00e7o m\u00ednimo e apresentando um ciclo de produ\u00e7\u00e3o de apenas meio m\u00eas, em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com 36 meses para carne bovina ou 6 meses para soja, as f\u00e1bricas de insetos podem converter res\u00edduos em uma fonte de prote\u00edna de alta qualidade com uso m\u00ednimo de \u00e1gua. Empilhar centenas de bandejas com res\u00edduos e larvas em um armaz\u00e9m do tamanho de um dep\u00f3sito t\u00edpico \u00e9 um desafio, especialmente no caso da Costa Rica, onde a manuten\u00e7\u00e3o da temperatura ambiente \u00e9 desnecess\u00e1ria.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2972\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2972\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2972 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aditivo Premium para Ra\u00e7\u00e3o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2970\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2970\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-2-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-2-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-2-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.03-2.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ra\u00e7\u00e3o para aves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2971\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2971\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2971 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.04-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.04-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.04-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.04-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2024-02-15-at-11.18.04.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2971\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ra\u00e7\u00e3o para animais de estima\u00e7\u00e3o<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p id=\"ember3789\" class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">A Pronuvo vislumbra um mercado bem desenvolvido com f\u00e1bricas semelhantes \u00e0 que constru\u00edram, estrategicamente localizadas perto de qualquer produ\u00e7\u00e3o comercial de alimentos que gere res\u00edduos alimentares. Este modelo circular promissor aplica uma solu\u00e7\u00e3o natural ao enorme desafio da produ\u00e7\u00e3o de alimentos em meio \u00e0s mudan\u00e7as clim\u00e1ticas. O consumo humano ainda \u00e9 um tema controverso e n\u00e3o est\u00e1 nos seus planos, mas, com os resultados econ\u00f4micos promissores, talvez em breve possamos experimentar um shake de banana com prote\u00edna de insetos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Para saber mais sobre a Eco Enterprises e todos os neg\u00f3cios que ela apoia na Am\u00e9rica Latina \u27a1 <a class=\"app-aware-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ecoenterprisesfund.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/ecoenterprisesfund.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ember-view reader-content-blocks__paragraph\">Para obter mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre o Pronuvo \u27a1 <a class=\"app-aware-link\" href=\"https:\/\/pronuvo.com\/eng\/our-products\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">https:\/\/pronuvo.com\/eng\/our-products\/<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pronuvo&#8217;s model exemplifies a circular economy, utilizing the Black Soldier fly to convert waste\u2014primarily banana peels\u2014into protein for fish farms, poultry, and, most recently, pets. The production is with minimal energy consumption, water usage, and carbon emissions compared to conventional protein production<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2974,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/merakiimpact.com\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}