Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0878499

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0878499

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Omega-3 fats in vegetable oils: Improving their benefits. While authoritative health agencies in Western countries recommend increased intake of omega-3 fats, fish stocks world-wide are already under stress and could not sustain the general uptake of this advice. Nor could aquaculture expansion meet the demand for omega-3 fats with current practices of using wild fish or fish meal or fish oil for feed. This project will address the knowledge gap in how fish handle the omega-3 fatty acids from vegetable oils such as canola, flaxseed and echium. Australia is well placed in agriculture and aquaculture to capture the value of this research.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2008

End Date: 12-2011

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $257,500.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutrition and Dietetics | Biochemistry And Cell Biology Not Elsewhere Classified | Nutrition And Dietetics | Gene Expression

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Aquaculture | Oilseeds | Nutrition |

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