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Water

Requirements to produce 1kg :

Beef - 22,000 Ltrs
Pork - 3,500 Ltrs
Chicken - 2,300 Ltrs
Crickets - 8 Ltrs

Land

Requirements to produce 1kg :

Beef - 200 ㎡
Pork - 50 ㎡
Chicken - 45 ㎡
Crickets - 15 ㎡

Feed

Crickets need six times less feed than cattle, four times less than sheep, and twice less than pigs and broiler chickens to produce the same amount of protein.

Nutrition

Crickets contain:
2x Protein of Beef
9 essential amino acids
More than double the Iron content of spinach

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Yukk! :( Somali Farmers Battling Worst Locust Invasion By Eating Insects [VIDEO]

* Somali farmers have urged their government to help protect crops from the worst invasion of locusts in 25 years. “Locusts already ate our grazing area so we are now fighting to save at least our farm, where we planted watermelon and beans. We aren’t able to protect them […]

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This project in Africa promotes edible insects, here’s why

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The development of an industry in edible insects such as these mopane caterpillars has been slow. Shutterstock There is a wealth of indigenous knowledge about capturing and eating insects in sub-Saharan Africa. But the development of edible insects as a food industry has been very slow, despite its many […]

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Why some aren’t bugged by adding insects to their diets | Health | dailytribune.com

Its that time of year when everyone starts planning their New Year diets, time to dust of the eating instects stories again…
It won’t be long before New Year’s resolutions have us on our best behavior. For some people, that’s giving up booze. For others it’s showing up at the gym. And for a growing number of people, it means eating insects.

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