Grub's up

• Autores: Sandrine Ceurstemont
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2924, 2013, págs. 34-37
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Cuerstemont talks about Pestival, an event promoting insect-eating at the Wellcome Collection in London. Worldwide, 1900 insect species have been identified as edible, and in parts of Africa, Asia and Central and South America, people have been eating them for centuries. Governments and environmental groups have expressed a growing interest in putting insects on everyone's plate. According to a recent United Nations report, the current rate of global population growth will require a 70 percent increase in food production by 2050. The demand will mainly be for foods rich in protein, but there isn't enough land available to raise the necessary livestock. The UN report identified insects as a way to fill the gap.