FAO suggests farming and feeding on insects can address global food insecurity

Tuesday, May 14th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

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While insects can be slimy, cringe-inducing creatures, often squashed on sight by humans, a new book released by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) says beetles, wasps and caterpillars are also an unexplored nutrition source that can help address global food insecurity. Read full article

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Anglotino
The UN continues to be alarmist in its population projections. There's a slow consensus building that even their low variant is perhaps too high.

Their low variant supposes a population of 7.85 billion in 2030 not 9 billion.

And going further 6.2 billion at 2100.

And that is now considered HIGH!
May 14th, 2013 - 07:58 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Sausage and caterpillars! Beetles on toast! Gin and wasp! Nope, don't think so.
May 14th, 2013 - 12:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
I am very happy to let all the members and employees of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) to eat as many beetles, wasps and caterpillars as they like, just don't expect the rest of us to do the same.
May 14th, 2013 - 06:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
agreed yuk.
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