Insects for Human Consumption

Mass Production of Beneficial Organisms: Invertebrates and Entomopathogens

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 617-652

  Shockley, Marianne ^a   Dossey, Aaron T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b All Things Bugs   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Edible insects; Entomophagy; Environment; Food security; Nutrition; Regulation; Social change; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902428313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391453-8.00018-2     Document Type: Chapter

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