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Francois Rozwadowski
Managing Director

About Francois Rozwadowski

About Francois Rozwadowski

Francois Rozwadowski is Managing Director of Entologics. Francois has a strong international background, speaks five languages, and benefits from a broad network in the financial and industrial sector. Francois specialized in International Politics and Environmental Issues at the American University, Washington DC and ULB, Brussels. He later studied Biochemistry at the University of Toronto, and worked in a research cell in the University of Montreal Polytechnic. He has a wide range of field experience spanning from endangered species monitoring in the Brazilian Amazon forest, to farm work in France, and leading tours in Europe.



Country:  Belgium
Region:  Europe

Mission:  

Entologics was founded to address the growing demand for alternative, sustainably produced and affordable protein to feed the increasing world population.


Sector:  Spotlight on Agriculture
Year Founded:  2012
Website:  Entologics

Description:  

Entologics is responding to the growing demand for a sustainable and affordable source of protein. We are using innovative technology and the natural properties of insects to upcycle organic waste into high-grade protein to replace fishmeal. Entologics and its partners will set up an academy to train bioengineers and others to produce protein from insects in an environmentally sustainable manner to help grow this nascent industry.


Social Impact:  

Entologics will have a direct impact on the wild fish stocks in the oceans. It takes one ton of wild fish to raise 200kg of farmed salmon. Replacing fishmeal with insectmeal will immediately save that ton of wild fish, allowing them to breed and be eaten by other fish in the oceans. At full capacity, it is estimated that Entologics will use over 80,000 tons of low-value organic waste per year, converting it into high-value protein and compost with the possibility of creating biofuels as well. Entologics will train and employ at least 25 local people in its first plant in Brazil and set up a training academy to help develop expertise in the insect breeding industry to a point where it is able to compete globally with the fishmeal industry.


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