Award details

Understanding microbiology to combat malnutrition

Reference	BBS/OS/GC/000010B
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Arjan Narbad
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Nathalie Juge, Dr Gwenaelle Le Gall, Dr Melinda Mayer
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	263,605
Status	Completed
Type	Research Grant
Start date	19/10/2016
End date	31/07/2017
Duration	9 months

Abstract

This deliverable is directly relevant to GCRF’s key challenge ‘Systems that deliver safe and nutritious food for all’. The current rise in the world population places greater pressure on food safety and security in LMICs, where there is high incidence of malnutrition, particularly in children. Globally, childhood undernutrition causes the death of ~5.6 million children each year. This project will deliver microbiological resources and genomic data to ultimately address the need to deliver sustainable, locally produced, fermented foods derived from locally grown agriculture products that will be safer and have an improved nutrient composition. It will also further the understanding of commensal strains which may have the capacity to function as probiotics to supplement poor diets. The approach is readily translated to other LIMCs where natural fermentation of agricultural products is widely practiced, and will assist local food industries to develop improved products, with a positive impact on the economy

Summary

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Committee	Not funded via Committee
Research Topics	Diet and Health, Microbiology
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	GCRF National Institutes of Bioscience Data and Resources (GCRF NIBDR) [2016]
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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