Using current systems to inform rearing facility design in the insect-as-food industry

Abstract

As wild harvesting of insects gives way to mass rearing, there is an urgent need to develop expertise and methods in insect animal husbandry and facility design. In order to advance the science of animal husbandry and production in this field, comparisons and contrasts of different insect rearing facilities currently in production are likely to be beneficial. Here we initiate this discussion by suggesting a focus on insect rearing facilities at the two ends of the production scale spectrum (small-scale rearing and mass rearing) that have different end products (insects-as-food and insects for other purposes). We suggest that organisations with a philosophy of information sharing (e.g. universities) need to play an active role in this developing production system, by bridging gaps between academia, industry and traditional knowledge to ensure a rapid and societally acceptable development of wide-scale entomophagy.

Published in

Journal of insects as food and feed
2018, Volume: 4, number: 3, pages: 167-170

SLU Authors

• Berggren, Åsa

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Jansson, Anna

  • Department of Animal Biosciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

• Low, Matthew

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG2 Zero hunger


UKÄ Subject classification

Ecology
Zoology


Publication identifier

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2017.0076

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