The meat of affliction: Insects and the future of food as seen in Expo 2015

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-179

  Shelomi, Matan ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL ECOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Expo 2015; Food insecurity; Insects; Universal exposition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988353329     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2016.08.004     Document Type: Note

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