Edible insects are gaining interest for their health and environmental merits as human food.
Within this framework, the main objectives of this research are to fill the gap between market …

The residual population growth imposes an increase in food demand, driving humans to
practice agricultural intensification on a large scale. Paradoxically, food and feed production …

Although mining is Zambia's major economic activity, it is implicated in environmental
contamination, particularly with heavy metals. This study investigated the accumulation and …

Entomophagy (consumption of insects) has been proposed as one of the important solutions
to the food crisis caused by population growth. Despite a long history of insect consumption …

Locusts have high nutritional value and are considered alternative protein sources for
humans and animals. Diet can strongly affect the nutritional composition of insects. In this …

Wild field crickets (Brachytrupes portentosus) were found to have a sex-based demand in
the market of Bangladesh. This study was conducted to evaluate the influence of sex on …

Insect meal is a candidate and promising ingredient to replace the unsustainable fishmeal
(FM) in aquafeeds. However, previous studies showed that total replacement of FM with …

Chickens are definitely among the most prevalent and broadly distributed domestic species.
Among these, Ayam Cemani, also known as black chicken, is a rare Indonesian chicken …

Effects of widescale locust control with insecticides on non-target edible insects have been
scarcely assessed. This study was carried out to investigate the effect of spraying desert …

Several alternative approaches have been proposed to address the need for sustainable
protein sources within our existing food and feed systems. Insects are regarded as a …