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A Consuming Passion for Entomophagy [PDF]
American Entomologist, 2016 In March 2015, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere topped a global average of 400 ppm for the first time since monitoring began (Allen 2015). This increase, up from 280 ppm in pre-industrial days, has been accompanied, not coincidentally, by an increase of 1.6 °F in global temperatures (Kahn 2015).
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Discovering The Significant Potential of Edible Insects In Food, Feed, And Drug Security
Food ScienTech JournalPractice of entomophagy is mainly constrained by socio-economic factors and climate. Knowledge on the practice of entomophagy is scarce globally. Structured questionnaires (560 pieces) were effectively administered in six states (ten Local-Government ...
Elias Mjaika Ndifon +3 more
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Entomophagy: A Future Feed Security System
International Journal for Modern Trends in Science and Technology, 2020 From the point of view of the current environmental situation which leads to non-availability of agricultural land, water resource, emission of greenhouse gases ultimately causing global warming, Entomophagy i.e. practice of eating edible insects comes as a rescue to the future feed security system.
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Sociobiology, 2014 Oecophylla ants are currently used for biological control in fruit plantations in Australia, Asia and Africa and for protein production in Asia. To further improve the technology and implement it on a large scale, effective and fast production of live ...
Issa Ouagoussounon +5 more
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Anthropo‐entomophagy: Cultures, evolution and sustainability [PDF]
Entomological Research, 2009 AbstractEnvironmental cycles and human factors have altered ecosystems throughout the world. Natural resources have acquired high value because they are important to life and the survival of human beings. Among these resources are edible insects. They have many important features and, to date, up to 2086 species are consumed by 3071 ethnic groups ...
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Practices of Entomophagy and Entomotherapy in Cebu Island, Philippines
Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2016 The different features of entomophagy and entomotherapy practiced by the key informants and local villagers in Cebu Island, Philippines were documented.A survey was conducted in remote areas of Barangay Alambijud, Argao and BarangayLusaran, Cebu City ...
Jake Joshua Chi Garces +4 more
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The Potential of Entomophagy Against Malnutrition and Ensuring Food Sustainability
, 2022 Fatik Baran Mandal
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A cross-sectional study of the willingness to consume insects in a culture without entomophagy
Journal of Insects as Food and FeedEntomophagy is the technical term for eating insects and traditionally a part of daily diet in many tropical and subtropical countries. The rapidly increasing world population, industry and human-induced environmental pollution, and global warming ...
D. Peksever, M. Ruby, S.N. El
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Brazilian consumers’ perception of edible insects
Ciência Rural: It is estimated that by 2050 the world population will be 9 billion people; and therefore, the need for alternative sources of protein is inevitable, since conventional sources, such as beef, pork and poultry, will not be sufficient to meet the demand
Igor Sulzbacher Schardong +3 more
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