TY - JOUR
T1 - Protecting the environment through insect farming as a means to produce protein for use as livestock, poultry, and aquaculture feed
AU - Josephs, Jenny
AU - Tomberlin, Jeffrey
AU - vanHuis, Arnold
AU - Day, Anna
AU - McBride, Anne
AU - Dicke, Marcel
PY - 2015/11/16
Y1 - 2015/11/16
N2 - Securing protein for the approximate 10 billion humans expected to inhabit our planet by 2050 is a major priority for the global community. Evidence has accrued over the past 30 years that strongly supports and justifies the sustainable use of insects as a means to produce protein products as feed for pets, livestock, poultry, and aquacultured species. Researchers and entrepreneurs affiliated with universities and industries, respectively, from 18 nations distributed across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia contributed to the development of this article, which is an indication of the global interest on this topic. A brief overview of insects as feed for the aquaculture industry along with a review of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), as a model for such systems is provided
AB - Securing protein for the approximate 10 billion humans expected to inhabit our planet by 2050 is a major priority for the global community. Evidence has accrued over the past 30 years that strongly supports and justifies the sustainable use of insects as a means to produce protein products as feed for pets, livestock, poultry, and aquacultured species. Researchers and entrepreneurs affiliated with universities and industries, respectively, from 18 nations distributed across North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia contributed to the development of this article, which is an indication of the global interest on this topic. A brief overview of insects as feed for the aquaculture industry along with a review of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), as a model for such systems is provided
U2 - 10.3920/JIFF2015.0098
DO - 10.3920/JIFF2015.0098
M3 - Article
SN - 2352-4588
VL - 1
SP - 307
EP - 309
JO - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
JF - Journal of Insects as Food and Feed
IS - 4
ER -