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Forage-fed insects as food and feed source: Opportunities and constraints of edible insects in the tropics

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Title Forage-fed insects as food and feed source: Opportunities and constraints of edible insects in the tropics
 
Creator Espitia, Paula A.
Hernández, Luis Miguel
Burkart, Stefan
Palmer, Neil
Cardoso, Juan Andrés
 
Subject insects as food
food security
sustainable development
enterprises
entomophagy
food policies
insectos destinados al consumo humano
seguridad alimentaria
desarrollo sostenible
empresas
entomofagia
política alimentaria
 
Description Farmed insects can provide an alternative protein source for humans, livestock, and fish, while supporting adaptation to climate change, generating income for smallholder farmers, and reducing the negative impacts of conventional food production, especially in the tropics. However, the quantity, nutritional quality and safety of insects greatly relies on their feed intake. Tropical forages (grasses and legumes) can provide a valuable and yet untapped source of feed for several farmed insect species. In this perspective paper, we provide a viewpoint of how tropical forages can support edible insect production. We also highlight the potential of tropical forage-based diets over those using organic agricultural or urban by-product substrates, due to their versatility, low cost, and lower risk of microbial and chemical hazards. The main bottlenecks relate to dependence on the small number of farmed insect species, and in public policy and market frameworks regarding the use of edible insects as food, feed and in industrial processes. This perspective will serve interested stakeholders in identifying urgent issues at the research, ethical, marketing and policy levels that can prevent the emergence of new, insect-based value chains and business models, and the nutritional, economic and environmental benefits they promise.
 
Date 2021-11-11
2021-11-15T10:26:57Z
2021-11-15T10:26:57Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Espitia Buitrago, P.A.; Hernández, L.M.; Burkart, S.; Palmer, N.; Cardoso Arango, J.A. (2021) Forage-fed insects as food and feed source: Opportunities and constraints of edible insects in the tropics. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5:724628. ISSN:2571-581X
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/116075
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.724628
PII-LAM_LivestockPlus
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 724628
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems