The development of the edible cricket industry in Thailand

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 91-100

  Halloran, A ^a   Roos, N ^a   Flore, R ^a   Hanboonsong, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Entrepreneurship; Income generation; Insect farming; Rural development; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012045313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/jiff2015.0091     Document Type: Article

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