Introducing insect food to the world～ To endure the population explosion ～Class of 2019
○Summary of Study
Now, we are in the middle of population explosion. Through the population
growth, many kinds of problems o ccur. This time, I chose food problem because
starvation continue to be a global problem.
The solution for this problem is insect food. Insect food is recommended by FAO,
and it contains plentiful nutrients, so some people call it “perfect food.” Moreover,meat conversion efficiency is high and it has many environmental benefits .
However, most of Japanese people do not have a good impression on insect
food. On the other hand, there are many who think that they can eat if they get used
to. Namely, trying would decrease bad impression on insect food .
Now, I would like to introduce the insect food into school meal s. By this,children can ask for their parents to cook the meal at home , and they can share insect
food with their family.
Now, most of tropic countries have brought insect food to their life styles. I
think the method of school meals is effective in countries such as Europa and America,
which insect food is not popular yet.
1 Purpose of study
The population of the world is about 7 billion now. We call this rapid increasing,population explosion. Moreover, the United Nations predict that population of theworld will become 11.2 billion in 2100.
Many problems occur from population growth. For example, shortage of land
and resources will happen. Then I think we should pay attention to shortage of food.
The reason is that starvation has already been the world problem. In addition, most ofpeople who suffered from starvation are in Asia, and the highe st percentage ofpopulation increasing is Asia, too.
Then I picked up the insect food. Insect food contains high quality protein,meat conversion efficiency is high . Moreover, we ca raise insects in smal l space and weneed little water. In addition, insects do not emit methane. Like this, insect is an ideal
food because it is low cost, nourishment, and eco -friendly. However, people especially
young people have bad impression on insect food. I want to thin k how I can solve thisproblem and spread insect food to the world.
2 Method of study; Look into the history and perspective of insect food by the Internet.
;Think a way to introduce to Japan;Think a way to introduce to the world;Form this study3 Results of study
According to the United Nations, the population of the world will become 9.3
billion in 2050(Figure 1 )（ Figure 1）
When we look the world map which shows the population of starvation , we can findthat it occurs around Asia and Africa (Figure2). Moreover, according to a list witch
shows the ranking of percentage of population growth, the top give are Oman, Lebanon,Niger, Kuwait, Sudan. These countries are in Asia or Africa. The starvation will be
more serious in these countries.

(Figure 2)
Then insect food appears. I introduce some of its merits. First, as anenvironmental merit, insect food has high meat conversion efficiency. For instance, weneed eight kilograms to produce one kilogram of beef, while we need only twokilograms for insect. Next, as a healthy merit, insect food contains better protein thanmeet and fish. It contains most of nutrition including fatty acid, so we can also use itfor extra nutrition food. Like this, insect food has many merits. However, there are few
people who has good impression on it . According to the survey of Uchiyama Shyoich, a
cooking researcher, most of people refuse insect food bec ause of its appearance andshape. However, in the same survey, some people answered that they can eat if they getused to. From this, I thought that trying once can solve the bad impression.
Actually, I also did not have good impression on insect food. Nevertheless,through this study, I bought insect food on the Internet and eat. The taste was similar
to shell of shrimp.
Through this experience, I could know we can eat insect food if we get used to.
can eat unintentionally.

Now I

However, most of people may not buy insect food a ll the way.

Then, I would like to introduce the insect food into school meals. We have few chances
to come into insect food, but we can experience in school which is familiar to us. Inaddition, children can ask for their parents to cook the meal at home and they canshare insect food with their family. To improve the appearance, I do not provide insect
food as a school meal. I recommend devising the way. For example, make insect foodinto powder or mix into other food. And also, we can use this method in all countries
witch spread school meal. Now, most of tropic countries have brought insect food totheir life styles. I think the method of school meals is effective in countries such asEuropa and America, which insect food is not popular yet.
★ Future school meal★

This meal was suggested by Uchiyama Shyoichi and Kitazima Kana, a nutritionist.
Actually, ll of dishes are insect food, but they look delicious. Maybe you can eat it!
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