Insects as food in Sub-Saharan Africa

Insect Science and its Application

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-185

  Van Huis, A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; dible insects; nsects as food; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

CICADIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; DRYOPHTHORINAE; GRYLLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 33748691394     PISSN: 01919040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1742758400023572     Document Type: Review

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