Small-scale production of edible insects for enhanced food security and rural livelihoods: Experience from Thailand and Lao People's Democratic Republic

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-31

  Durst, P B ^a   Hanboonsong, Y ^b  

^a FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Consumption; Marketing; Processing; Production; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84980474060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2014.0019     Document Type: Review

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