Insects as food and feed: European perspectives on recent research and future priorities

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 269-276

  Payne, C L R ^a,b   Dobermann, D ^c   Forkes, A ^d   House, J ^e   Josephs, J ^f   McBride, A ^g   Muller A ^h   Quilliam, R S ⁱ   Soares, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f The Bug Shack Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Food security; Food systems; Insect farming; Insect industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979502629     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2016.0011     Document Type: Article

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