2015
DOI: 10.2993/etbi-35-02-354-383.1
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Edible Non-Crustacean Arthropods in Rural Communities of Madagascar

Abstract: Entomophagy, the practice of eating insects, is not new in many countries, including Madagascar, where insects have long been part of culinary traditions. Promoting this practice would help in enhancing food security as insects are nutritious and affordable for the majority of the population. Because eating insects is also associated with rural life, we conducted a survey in rural communities of Madagascar from April to June 2013. Diversity of edible, non-crustacean arthropods was assessed for each site using … Show more

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“…This cricket is both diurnal and nocturnal and represents no threat to crops. We have not recorded the consumption of Odontolakis species in the present work, but Odontolakis sexpunctata bush crickets have previously been recorded as edible by Randrianandrasana and Berenbaum [17].…”
Section: Caelifera Pyrgomorphinaementioning
confidence: 81%
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“…This cricket is both diurnal and nocturnal and represents no threat to crops. We have not recorded the consumption of Odontolakis species in the present work, but Odontolakis sexpunctata bush crickets have previously been recorded as edible by Randrianandrasana and Berenbaum [17].…”
Section: Caelifera Pyrgomorphinaementioning
confidence: 81%
“…The present study contributes to the exploration of edible Orthoptera as candidate insects for edible insect-based nutritional, economic, and ecologically sustainable food production programs. Very few studies have addressed the biological diversity and local uses of edible Orthoptera in contemporary Malagasy food cultures, and these have probably underestimated the diversity of edible Orthopterans [16,17]. Such basic knowledge is of major importance to understand the future potential of edible Orthoptera in Madagascar [18].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples are: harvesting the Mopane caterpillar Imbrasia belina (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Southern Africa is an 85 million US$ business, mainly carried out by women (36,37) ; the marketing of the Edible stinkbug Encosternum delegorguei (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) in sub-Saharan African countries mainly benefits women in impoverished rural communities (38) ; edible pupae of a saturniid wild silkworm, is commercially reared for sericulture in Madagascar, contribute to poverty alleviation (34) . The larvae of the African palm weevil Rhynchophorus phoenicis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) are popular food throughout the humid tropics.…”
Section: Insects As Traditional Foodmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Odonata larvae are occasionally harvested for food in some villages (Randrianandrasana & Berenbaum 2015) but this is expected to have a much lower impact than the bycatch of Odonata larvae through the use of small mesh mosquito nets by local fishermen.…”
Section: Bycatchmentioning
confidence: 99%