Life cycle assessment of edible insects for food protein: A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Halloran, Afton ^a   Roos, Nanna ^a   Eilenberg, Jørgen ^a   Cerutti, Alessandro ^b   Bruun, Sander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; Insect farming; Insect production; Life cycle assessment; Mini livestock

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIETARY INTAKE; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; ORGANIC MATTER; PROTEIN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84989888454     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-016-0392-8     Document Type: Article

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