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Resources Tagged: Edible Insects

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  1. The Nutrient Profile of the Developmental Stages of Palm Beetle, Oryctes Rhinoceros L.

    Abstract, EAJ, 2014 The palm beetles, Oryctes rhinoceros L are pests of palm trees in the tropics and are also very important as edible insects. This study was conducted to investigate the nutrient composition, mineral salt contents, functional properties and anti-nutrient factors of the...
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  2. Insects for Food and Feed

    2017-10-23 Insects are an often-overlooked food and feed source. In many areas of the world, they have been eaten for centuries.Where insects are not typically viewed as a food source, people often have an internal aversion to eating them.Insects make sense as a food and feed source for many reasons. First,...
    Black Soldier Fly Insects Edible Insects Animal Feed Growing Food

  3. ICIPE - Edible Grasshoppers: Sustainable Diets for the Future

    Feb, 2020
    Grasshoppers Sustainable Diets Edible Insects ICIPE

  4. The Contribution of Insects to Food Security, Livelihoods and the Environment

    Entomophagy is the consumption of insects by humans. Entomophagy is practised in many countries around the world but predominantly in parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America. Insects supplement the diets of approximately 2 billion people and have always been a part of human diets. However, it is...
    Food Security FAO Edible Insects

  5. FAO - Insects for Food and Feed

    Trends towards 2050 predict a steady population increase to 9 billion people, forcing an increased food/feed output from available agro-ecosystems resulting in an even greater pressure on the environment. Scarcities of agricultural land, water, forest, fishery and biodiversity resources, as well...
    Agro-ecosystem map... FAO Edible Insects

  6. ‘Entomophagy’: an evolving terminology in need of review

    Abstract -Journal of Insects as Food and Feed There is growing interest in insects as human food in academia, food and agricultural industries, public institutions and the public at large. Yet many of the words and concepts used to describe these organisms and the human practices surrounding them...
    Insects Edible Insects

  7. Entomophagy and human food security

    Abstract -International Journal of Tropical InsectScience, 2011 Food security is a problem in many developing and less developed countries due to increase in human population and decrease in crop productivity and food availability. Edible insects are a natural renewable resource of food providing...
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  8. Regulating edible insects: the challenge of addressing food security, nature conservation, and the erosion of traditional food culture

    Abstract - Food Security 7, Entomophagy is a common practice in many regions of the world but there are few examples of national regulations that govern insects for human consumption. Where entomophagy is not common, the current regulatory discourse focuses primarily on food safety and consumer...
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  9. FAO - Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security

    It is widely accepted that by 2050 the world will host 9 billion people. To accomodate this number, current food production will need to almost double. Land is scarce and expanding the area devoted to farming is rarely a viable or sustainable option. Oceans are overfished and climate change and...
    Hunger Food Security Feed Security FAO Insects Edible Insects

  10. GREEiNSECT: Mass-Rearing Insects for Greener Protein Supply

    Research on the use of insects for feed is also being led byICIPE(The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology. Programs by ICIPE includeINSFEED(“Insect feed for poultry and fish production in sub Saharan Africa”);GREEiNSECT(“Mass-rearing insects for greener protein supply”) andILIPA...
    Black Soldier Fly Insects Edible Insects