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Canadian Research Network
for Insects as Food, Feed, and Fertilizer

Our mission

The primary mission of CARNIF³ is to promote excellence in research and development, as well as the training of highly qualified personnel for responsible management of edible insects as food, feed, and fertilizer in Canada.

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CARNIF³ objectives:

  1. Contribute to the responsible and sustainable exploitation of resources to produce edible insects.
  2. Bring together active forces related to research on potential feedstocks, edible insect production, processing, and applications for insects and byproducts within Canada, while fostering their international collaborations.
  3. Actively promote the formation of multidisciplinary and intersectoral teams.
  4. Create synergy and collaborations that are complementarity through these teams, based on the optimal sharing and use of human and material resources in participating institutions.
  5. Ensure the training of highly qualified professionals and the creation of training content that meets the sector’s needs by providing an environment conducive to national and international co-supervision and exchanges including with industry partners.
  6. Facilitate knowledge transfer by promoting interactions across the sector, including government partners, and industry collaborators.
  7. Provide leverage for researchers in the network to better position themselves for major research funding at the provincial, national, and international levels.
  8. Create awareness and industry support of the sector to the general public and government bodies.