Entomophagy book.pdf (original) (raw)

Food security is fast becoming a problem for human beings because of booming populations, increase in consumption growth and possible decline in food and searching for new available sources to substitute food can be a viable and requisite step. One of most promising options to relieve stress on food and feed security are insects, which show potential as alternatives to animal proteins for both human consumption and feed applications. India is a potential land for insect bio-resource to be utilized for human–insect interactions as the tribal people eat ants, grasshoppers, larvae and pupae of bees,crane flies, wood boring beetle, dragon fly nymphs, queen termites, cockroaches, etc. As at present, edible insects are a natural food resource to many ethnic groups in Asia, Africa, Mexico and South America where entomophagy can be sustainable and has economic, nutritional and ecological benefits for rural communities. According to insect product analysis edible insect market size was over USD 33 million in 2015 with global industry gains expected at more than 40%compound annual growth rate (CAGR) up to 2023 (Anonymous, 2016). Therefore, we can look forward to solve our malnutrition problem and boost our economy in the rural and urban sectors inIndia by edible insect culture and their value addition.