The consumption of insects (entomophagy) has recently attracted global attention for health
reasons as well as environmental and economic benefits. Achieving environmentally …

Background Edible insects are considered as traditional foods in over 100 countries of Asia,
Africa, and South America. Apart from this traditional aspect, edible insects are gaining …

Meeting the demands of the growing population requires increased food and feed
production, leading to higher levels of agri-food waste. As this type of waste seriously …

Background Meat, an important source of protein and other nutrients in human diets, is one
of the major drivers of global environmental change in terms of greenhouse gas emissions …

With a growing world population, increasingly demanding consumers, and a limited amount
of agricultural land, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to conventional meat …

BACKGROUND Black soldier fly larvae are converters of organic waste into edible biomass,
of which the composition may depend on the substrate. In this study, larvae were grown on …

Background Our daily food choices have a huge impact on the environment. Production of
meat has a much larger impact compared with the production of vegetable-based proteins …

Weather, trade restrictions, rising oil prices, a lack of financial support for farmers, and other
factors have contributed to the destabilization of South Asian food security. The purpose of …

Animal products, ie meat, milk and eggs, provide an important component in global diets, but
livestock dominate agricultural land use by area and are a major source of greenhouse …

Insects play a key role in the regulation and dynamics of many ecosystem services (ES).
However, this role is often assumed, with limited or no experimental quantification of its real …