Protecting the environment through insect farming as a means to produce protein for use as livestock, poultry, and aquaculture feed

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 307-309

  Tomberlin, J K ^a   van Huis, A ^b   Benbow, M E ^c   Jordan, H ^d   Astuti, D A ^e   Azzollini, D ^f   Banks, I ^g   Bava, V ^h   Borgemeister, C ⁱ   Cammack, J A ^a   Chapkin, R S ^a   Cickova H ^j   Crippen, T L ^k   Day, A ^l   Dicke, M ^b   Drew, D J W ^m   Emhart, C ⁿ   Epstein, M ^o   Finke, M ^p   Fischer, C H ^q   Gatlin, D ^a   Grabowski, N T ^r   He, C ^s   Heckman, L ^q   Hubert, A ^t   Jacobs, J ^u   Josephs, J ^v   Khanal, S K ^w   Kleinfinger, J F ^x   Klein, G ^r   Leach, C ^y   Liu, Y ^z   Newton, G L ^aa   Olivier, R ^ab   Pechal, J L ^c   Picard, C J ^ac   Rojo, S ^ad   Roncarati, A ^ae   Sheppard, C ^af   Tarone, A M ^a   Verstappen, B ^ag   Vickerson, A ^ah   Yang, H ^ai   Yen, A L ^aj,ak   Yu, Z ^al   Zhang, J ^al   Zheng, L ^al   more..

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOGOR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^g Research and Development   (South Africa)

^h Diptera srl   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j Inst Zool Slovak Acad of Sci   (Slovakia)

^k SOUTHERN PLAINS AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^l 4Ento Sarl   (Switzerland)

^m AgriProtein   (South Africa)

ⁿ F4F   (Chile)

^o Universitatsklinik fur Dermatologie   (Austria)

^p Mark Finke LLC   (United States)

^q DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^r UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^s Wuhan Chaotuo Ecological Agriculture Co   (China)

^t The International Platform for Insects as Food and Feed (IPIFF)   (Belgium)

^u Millibeter   (Belgium)

^v The Bug Shack   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^x NextAlim   (France)

^y Midas Meal   (Australia)

^z SHANDONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^ab and Swallowing   (United States)

^ac INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^ae UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^af Insect Science Resource LLC   (United States)

^ag SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^ah Enterra Feed Corporation   (Canada)

^ai CENTRAL CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^aj LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^ak LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^al HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

more..

Author keywords

Conservation; Hermetia illucens; Sustainable agriculture; Waste management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991004451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JIFF2015.0098     Document Type: Note

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