Future Land Use for Insect Meat Production Among Countries: A Global Classification

Doi, Hideyuki; Mulia, Randy Nathaniel

doi:10.3389/fnut.2021.661056

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“…Thus, insect farming can potentially reduce land use, increase food production, and improve environmental sustainability (Doi & Mulia, 2021; van Huis & Oonincx, 2017). Insect farming typically involves breeding insects in a controlled environment, such as a greenhouse or indoor facility, where temperature, humidity, and lighting can be carefully controlled to optimize growth and reproduction.…”

Section: Insects Farmingmentioning

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How to enhance the acceptability of insects food—A review

Okaiyeto,

Yu,

Deng

et al. 2024

Food Frontiers

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About 1 billion people worldwide suffer from hunger, so exploring new food sources is very tempting for achieving zero hunger in the world. Edible insects (EIs) may be one of the ways to solve human protein deficiency. Currently, more than 200 species of EIs are consumed by over 2.5 billion people, especially in tropical regions, as part of their regular diets. However, there is still a large rejection in various parts of the world. In this review, we systematically summarize the factors behind the rejection of EIs as well as ways to improve the acceptability of EIs as alternative protein, essential vitamins, and mineral sources. The main goal of this research is to spread the knowledge of the benefits of eating EIs, consumer perception of insects, and enhance its acceptability as an alternative food. Sensory attributes, health‐related concerns, and sustainability issues are identified as the key factors affecting consumer acceptability of EIs. Conventional processing methods, such as blanching, drying, roasting, and fermentation, have been used in treating EIs to improve the quality and safety of EIs. Nine strategies were proposed to enhance the acceptability of insects as food, such as promoting food safety, encouraging product development, addressing cultural norms, enhancing the culinary experience, collaborating with restaurants, and increasing public awareness through education. The information in this work will shed more light on the consumption of EIs and pave the way for more research in this area.

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Section: Insects Farmingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to enhance the acceptability of insects food—A review

Okaiyeto,

Yu,

Deng

et al. 2024

Food Frontiers

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“…It is important to consider that circular and soilless alternatives, such as insect farming or food waste for feed, may also have unintended impacts on land-use change especially as the scale and size of production systems increase (Shah and Wu, 2019;Doi and Mulia, 2021). Soilless systems require a robust management plan to avoid the abandonment of crop land, which in combination with effects of climate change in the South, including increasing temperatures and frequencies of extreme droughts, can exert pressures on soil organic carbon and biodiversity (Pacheco et al, 2018;Olsson et al, 2019;Winkler et al, 2021).…”

Section: Environmentalmentioning

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The future of protein sources in livestock feeds: implications for sustainability and food safety

Pexas,

Doherty,

Kyriazakis

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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The feed-food competition for environmental and economic resources raises increasing concerns about the production and supply of protein for the global livestock sector. Risks to food-security and approaching deadlines for global sustainable development, means exploring alternative protein feed ingredients is imperative. This Review discusses the potential for soilless, local and circular protein feed sources to provide solutions for key sustainability and food-security threats to the global livestock sector, through their partial incorporation in future livestock feeds and feeding systems. In doing so, it offers a holistic insight into the potential opportunities, but also risks associated with such alternatives. Through this analysis, a four-point strategic plan is synthesized to facilitate higher-level policy making that may enable implementation of these alternative ingredients at commercial scales, building toward a more sustainable and resilient livestock industry.

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“…Saprophagous insects such as H. illucens and M. domestica satisfy their water demand directly via the input substrate, so proteins produced by insets feeding on side-streams have a much lower water footprint even compared to plant proteins (Joly and Nikiema, 2019;Rumpold and Schlüter, 2013). Furthermore, insect farming does not need a large area of land (Doi and Mulia, 2021). Life-cycle assessments for H. illucens (Salomone et al, 2017) and M. domestica (Van Zanten et al, 2015) revealed land requirements of 0.05 and 0.032 m 2 /yr/kg protein, respectively, compared to almost 9 m 2 /yr/kg protein for soybean (Salomone et al, 2017).…”

Section: Sustainability Of Insect Proteinmentioning

confidence: 99%

Insect feed in sustainable crustacean aquaculture

Röthig

Barth

Tschirner

et al. 2023

JIFF

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Aquaculture is a growing global food production sector that aims to meet the increasing demand for dietary protein. Crustaceans are an important and predominantly high-priced aquaculture segment that could support the transfer of sustainable new technologies to other sectors. Areas of interest include disease management and compound feeds, both of which have the potential to improve both the profitability and sustainability of aquaculture. Modern compound feeds are largely composed of fishmeal and/or terrestrial plant materials, the production of which is unsustainable, leading to the depletion of finite resources. Insects are a promising protein-rich alternative to fishmeal that can reduce the environmental footprint of aquafeeds and crustacean aquaculture. First research data have shown that insect meal has a favourable nutritional composition with positive health effects, and is environmentally sustainable with a strong economic potential, particularly supporting circular economy by valorising otherwise unused side-streams. In this article, we discuss the current state of crustacean aquaculture and highlight the benefits of insect meal compared to today’s compound aquafeeds in terms of health and growth-promoting properties as well as environmental benefits. We then consider the molecular mechanisms that confer immunity and disease resistance in crustacean aquaculture and show how insect feeds can support disease management and thus consumer health. Next, we assess the environmental sustainability of crustacean aquaculture and insect farming, the legal framework for insect-based feeds and consumer acceptance issues. Lastly, we identify research gaps, socioeconomic considerations and the potential of insect-based sustainable crustacean aquaculture for the global market.

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Future Land Use for Insect Meat Production Among Countries: A Global Classification

Cited by 6 publications

References 19 publications

How to enhance the acceptability of insects food—A review

How to enhance the acceptability of insects food—A review

The future of protein sources in livestock feeds: implications for sustainability and food safety

Insect feed in sustainable crustacean aquaculture

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