Life cycle assessment of cricket farming in north-eastern Thailand

Halloran, Afton; Hanboonsong, Yupa; Roos, Nanna; Bruun, Sander

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.017

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“…Similarly, poultry production in Thailand is associated with 89% higher greenhouse gas emissions, on an edible protein basis, than crickets (Halloran et al 2017). These authors report several more indicators of environmental impact (15 in total).…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…The method of choice for such assessments is the life cycle assessment (LCA), which has a supply chain approach that quantifies environmental impact of a product through the entire chain. To date, LCAs have only been published for mealworms, house crickets, black soldier flies, and houseflies (Oonincx and de Boer 2012; Miglietta et al 2015;Roffeis et al 2015;Van Zanten et al 2015;Smetana et al 2016, Halloran et al 2017.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…When seen from an environmental point of view, valorizing unused or underused substrates, such as certain organic side-streams, should be explored further (Oonincx et al 2015b, Halloran et al 2016, Halloran et al 2017). …”

Section: Feed Conversion Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

Huis

Oonincx

2017

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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With a growing world population, increasingly demanding consumers, and a limited amount of agricultural land, there is an urgent need to find alternatives to conventional meat products. Livestock production is, moreover, a leading cause of anthropogenic-induced climate change. To mediate this, more sustainable diets are needed, with reduced meat consumption or the use of alternative protein sources. Insects are promoted as human food and animal feed worldwide. In tropical countries, edible insects are harvested from nature, but overexploitation, habitat changes, and environmental contamination threaten this food resource. Therefore, sustainable harvesting practices need to be developed and implemented. We provide examples of (1) aquatic insects whose populations are threatened by pollution, (2) caterpillar species in Africa that are disappearing due to overexploitation and habitat change, (3) edible insects species that are considered pests in agro-ecosystems, and (4) edible insect species that can be conserved and enhanced in forest management systems. Insect farming can be conducted either on small-scale farms or in large-scale industrialized rearing facilities. We review the environmental sustainability of insect farming compared to livestock production. The major environmental advantages of insect farming compared to livestock production are as follows: (1) less land and water is required; (2) greenhouse gas emissions are lower; (3) insects have high feed conversion efficiencies; (4) insects can transform low-value organic by-products into highquality food or feed; and (5) certain insect species can be used as animal feed or aqua feed. For instance, they can replace fish meal, which is becoming increasingly scarce and expensive.However, edible insect species intended for production should be screened for risks to humans, animals, plants, and biodiversity.

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Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

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Oonincx

2017

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“…Insect farming for food can contribute to improving the nutritional status, especially for poor and food insecure households in Africa, using locally available and cheap resources (van Huis, 2003;Ayieko, 2013). Insects have low requirements of agricultural inputs such as land and water, and they are environmentally friendly due to their property of high feed-conversion ratios (Oonincx et al, 2010;Halloran et al, 2017). Additionally, insect farming can be used to empower African women in rural areas as it can create employment and be a source of income (FAO, 2013).…”

Section: The Product Contextinsect-based Food Productsmentioning

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Linking Consumers’ Food Choice Motives to their Preferences for Insect‐based Food Products: An Application of Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model in an African Context

Alemu¹,

Olsen²

2018

J Agricultural Economics

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Consumers’ attitudes, perceptions, personalities and motives play important roles in shaping their food choices. These factors are not fully observed by analysts, so they should be treated as latent variables. A number of economic studies treat such variables as direct measures of consumers’ food choice behaviour, even though this might introduce measurement error and endogeneity bias. We investigate the latent link between consumers’ preferences and food choice motives (FCMs) in an African context. We use an integrated choice and latent variable (ICLV) model specification for data analysis to recognise the latent nature of the FCMs and address the measurement and bias problems. The data originate from an incentivised discrete choice experiment conducted in Kenya to elicit consumers’ preferences for insect‐based foods. Our findings show that consumers’ preferences and choices are influenced by their latent motivational orientation. The results illustrate the benefit of the ICLV approach in accounting for consumers’ latent preference constructs in food choice and valuation research.

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“…Meat production after processing is also much higher for insects (for example, 80% for cockroaches) than for beef (55%), pig (70%) or lamb (35%) (FAO, 2018). By comparison, cricket production is 20 times more efficient as a source of protein than bovine meat production and generates 80 times less methane (Halloran et al, 2017). One of the scientific assumptions that support positive environmental effects, says that insect growth requires less food than beef production.…”

Section: The Impact Of Edible Insect Food Production On the Environmentmentioning

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Entomofagy A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

Simion¹,

Bucea-Manea²,

Amfim³

et al. 2019

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Entomophagy or the practice of eating insects has been known and practiced for millennia by people around the world, and being taken into account in countries where insect consumption is considered to be exotic behavior or the evolution of society begins to impose it. Food security is a prerequisite for the welfare of the population and can be achieved by appropriately capitalizing on the natural resources available to Romania's agriculture. Its approach and development must be in two directions, strongly interrelated with each other, namely a quantitative one and a qualitative one. The quantitative aspect regards as a matter of priority the provision of the necessary amount of food to meet the physiological needs of a reference population, while the quality aspect focuses on the nutritional value of foods consumed by the population so that its health is not affected or compromised. Considering the two above-mentioned aspects, we consider that the practice of consuming edible insects presents several advantages, both quantitative and qualitative, which should not be neglected in ensuring food security. Innovation must be implemented throughout the agri-food chain, and entomophagy can be one of the viable solutions to support food security. In order to emphasize the importance of entomophagy in ensuring food security, the paper brings to the fore a series os aspects regarding the review of the scientific literature in the field, the nutritional value of insects, the impact of insect food production on the environment, and consumer attitudes towards entomophagy. At the end of the paper, a small attempt is made to assess to what extent Romanian consumers are prepared to accept edible insects in their food.

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Life cycle assessment of cricket farming in north-eastern Thailand

Cited by 152 publications

References 31 publications

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

Linking Consumers’ Food Choice Motives to their Preferences for Insect‐based Food Products: An Application of Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model in an African Context

Entomofagy A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

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Life cycle assessment of cricket farming in north-eastern Thailand

Cited by 152 publications

References 31 publications

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

The environmental sustainability of insects as food and feed. A review

Linking Consumers’ Food Choice Motives to their Preferences for Insect‐based Food Products: An Application of Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model in an African Context

Entomofagy  A Viable Solution for Supporting Food Security

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