Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics

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, nut...

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Autores principales:	Paula Andrea Espitia Buitrago, Luis Miguel Hernández, Stefan Burkart, Neil Palmer, Juan Andrés Cardoso Arango
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	edible insects food security sustainable development business models entomophagy policies Nutrition. Foods and food supply TX341-641 Food processing and manufacture TP368-456
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/9e49d70675b248dc9169320e9e09155b
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:9e49d70675b248dc9169320e9e09155b2021-11-11T09:45:17ZForage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics2571-581X10.3389/fsufs.2021.724628https://doaj.org/article/9e49d70675b248dc9169320e9e09155b2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2021.724628/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/2571-581XFarmed 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.Paula Andrea Espitia BuitragoLuis Miguel HernándezStefan BurkartNeil PalmerJuan Andrés Cardoso ArangoFrontiers Media S.A.articleedible insectsfood securitysustainable developmentbusiness modelsentomophagy policiesNutrition. Foods and food supplyTX341-641Food processing and manufactureTP368-456ENFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Vol 5 (2021)
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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.
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author	Paula Andrea Espitia Buitrago Luis Miguel Hernández Stefan Burkart Neil Palmer Juan Andrés Cardoso Arango
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title	Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics
title_short	Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics
title_full	Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics
title_fullStr	Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics
title_full_unstemmed	Forage-Fed Insects as Food and Feed Source: Opportunities and Constraints of Edible Insects in the Tropics
title_sort	forage-fed insects as food and feed source: opportunities and constraints of edible insects in the tropics
publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate	2021
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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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