Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Entomophagy: A Survey and Experiment in Australia and the Netherlands

Ecology of Food and Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 543-561

  Lensvelt, Eveline J S ^a   Steenbekkers, L P A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

consumer acceptance; edible insects; entomophagy; insect food; western consumers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905676133     PISSN: 03670244     EISSN: 15435237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2013.879865     Document Type: Article

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