Shahanaz

World population projected to reach 9 billion people. To accommodate and too feed9 billion people current food production will need to almost double. Land is scarce and expanding the area devoted to farming is rarely a viable or sustainable option. Oceans are overfished and climate change and related water shortages could have profound implications for food production. To meet the food and nutrition challenges of today, we need to find new ways of growing food. Edible insects have always been a part of human diets, but in some societies there is a degree of distaste for their consumption. Although the majority of edible insects are gathered from forest habitats, innovation in mass-rearing systems has begun in many countries. Insects offer a significant opportunity to merge traditional knowledge and modern science in both developed and developing countries. Insects are often considered a nuisance to human beings and mere pests for crops and animals. Yet this is far from the truth. Insects provide food at low environmental cost, contribute positively to livelihoods, and play a fundamental role in nature. However, these benefits are largely unknown to the public. Contrary to popular belief, insects are not merely “famine foods” eaten in times of food scarcity or when purchasing and harvesting “conventional foods” becomes difficult; many people around the world eat insects out of choice, largely be. Because insects are rich vitamins, minerals, amino acids and antioxidant potential and even some insects are used as probiotic foods for human consumption to keep the intestine with healthy gut microflora. At present Insect rearing for food and feed remains a sector in its infancy, is still at a relatively pioneering stage but future research should focus on key future challenges and it will likely to emerge as the field for insect food production.

DOI: 10.22271/phyto.2020.v9.i1z.14641

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