Eat or not eat: An analysis of the status of entomophagy in Botswana

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 817-824

  Obopile, Motshwari ^a   Seeletso, Tapiwa G ^a  

^a BOTSWANA COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Botswana; Edible insects; Insects as food; Sustainable production

Indexed keywords

AGE; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD STORAGE; HARVESTING; INSECT; MALNUTRITION; PROTEIN;

BOTSWANA;

ANIMALIA; COLOPHOSPERMUM MOPANE; HEXAPODA; IMBRASIA BELINA;

EID: 84892504673     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-013-0310-8     Document Type: Article

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