Periodic Reporting for period 1 - PestiSi (Cost effective solution against insects in long-term grain storage by natural diatomaceous earth)
Reporting period: 2017-12-01 to 2018-02-28
Two-third of stored grain commodities are estimated to be chemically treated twice per season. Due to global climate change and increased international trading, the incidence of insect contaminations will expectedly increase. Chemical regulations allow the use of less active ingredient per treatment which leads to the increased number of necessary treatments which have greater environmental impact on a long term. The wide spreading of our method will reduce the possible food and feed contamination of chemical pesticide, which will be beneficial for the whole society.
Our objective is to commercialise PestiSi as a diatomaceous-earth-based insecticide additive applied during long-term grain storage, to develop the commercialisation strategy (including pricing) and distribution channels in Europe as well as to scale-up and standardise our production. This phase 1 project was executed with the aim to carry out technical and commercial feasibility assessment and to confirm our preliminary business assumptions.