Handbook of Edible Insects

by S L Buch, Chirag Sah

ISBN: 9789371701631
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Imprint : Agri Horti Press
Year : 2026
Price : Rs. 4990.00
Biblio : viii+85p., figs., tbls., 25cm

About The Book

The book focuses on design principles for large scale insect production, facility design, engineering, insect production management, management of unwanted organisms, economics, and aspects related to the legal framework. This text provides an important overview of the edible insects to ecological sustainability, livelihoods, nutrition and health, food culture and food systems. A concise overview is provided to get more familiar with the biology and physiology of edible insects. The book will be highly beneficial to the students, teachers, researchers and extension workers engaged in rearing of edible insect.

Table of Contents

Preface v 1. Introductory Chapter: Is the Insect Food Boom over or when it Will Start? 1 2. How Might We Overcome ‘Western’ Resistance to Eating Insects? 5 3. Larval Development and Molting 15 4. Edible Insects Diversity and Their Importance in Cameroon 35 5. Econometrics of Domestication of the African Palm Weevil (Rhynchophorus phoenicis F.) Production as Small-Scale Business in Ghana 45 6. An Insect Bad for Agriculture but Good for Human Consumption: The Case of Rhynchophorus palmarum: A Social Science Perspective 55 7. The Potential of Insect Farming to Increase Food Security 73 Index 83