The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  van Huis, Arnold ^a   Oonincx, Dennis G A B ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Edible insects; Environmental impact; Feed conversion efficiency; Insect farming; Life cycle analysis; Overharvesting; Pollution

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; CATERPILLAR; CLIMATE CHANGE; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD QUALITY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; INSECT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POLLUTION; PROTEIN; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 85029737878     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-017-0452-8     Document Type: Review

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