Entomophagy | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-10

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Entomophagy


00:01:14 1 Definition
00:02:13 2 In non-humans
00:02:48 3 History
00:04:13 4 Eating insects in human cultures
00:04:24 4.1 Traditional cultures
00:06:56 4.2 Western culture
00:07:53 4.3 Cultural taboo
00:10:37 5 Advantages of eating insects
00:10:47 5.1 Food security
00:12:41 5.1.1 Small-scale insect farming / Minilivestock
00:14:39 5.1.2 Therapeutic foods
00:15:50 5.1.3 Indigenous cultivation
00:17:26 5.1.4 Pest harvesting
00:18:18 5.2 Environmental benefits
00:20:05 5.3 Economic benefits
00:21:52 5.4 Nutritional benefits
00:22:18 5.5 Impacts of animal agriculture
00:23:35 5.5.1 Greenhouse gas emission
00:24:41 5.5.2 Land use
00:25:39 5.5.3 Water pollution
00:27:11 5.6 Potential as alternative pet food
00:28:05 6 Disadvantages
00:28:14 6.1 Spoilage
00:28:43 6.2 Toxicity
00:30:09 7 Promotion and policy instruments
00:31:09 8 See also



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Entomophagy (, from Greek ἔντομον éntomon, "insect", and φᾰγεῖν phagein, "to eat") describes the practice of eating insects by humans (as well as by non-human species). 
The eggs, larvae, pupae, and adults of certain insects  have been eaten by humans from prehistoric times to the present day. The total number of ethnic groups recorded to practice entomophagy is around 3,000. Human insect-eating is common to cultures in most parts of the world, including Central and South America, Africa, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. 80% of the world's nations eat insects, for a total of approximately 1,000 to 2,000 species. However, in some societies entomophagy is uncommon or taboo. Today, insect eating is uncommon in North America and Europe, but insects remain a popular food elsewhere, and some companies are trying to introduce insects as food into Western diets.  FAO has registered some 1,900 edible insect species and estimates that there were, in 2005, some 2 billion insect consumers worldwide. They suggest eating insects as a possible solution to environmental degradation caused by livestock production.