Anthropo-entomophagy in Latin America: An overview of the importance of edible insects to local communities

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-23

  Costa Neto, E M ^a  

^a Feira de Santana State University   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Ethnoentomology; Folk gastronomy; Food culture; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988373514     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2014.0015     Document Type: Review

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