Title Six-legged livestock : edible insect farming, collection and marketing in Thailand / Yupa Hanboonsong, Tasanee Jamjanya, Patrick B. Durst

Published Bangkok, Thailand : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 2013 ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (69 pages) : color illustrations, color maps Series RAP publication ; 2013/03 RAP publication ; 2013/03. Contents Six-legged livestock: edible insect farming, collection and marketing in Thailand -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Executive summary -- Introduction -- Objective -- Data collection -- Edible insectconsumption -- Farmed edible insects -- Cricket farming -- Palm weevil or sago larvae farming -- Wild-harvested edible insects -- Bamboo caterpillar (Omphisa fuscidenttalis Hampson, Family Pyralidae) -- Weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina Fabricius, Family Formicidae) -- Giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus Lep.-Serv., Family Belostoma dae) Grasshoppers (Order Orthoptera)Business and market channels -- Subsistence and commercialuse -- Edible insect markets -- Storage for edible insects -- Imported insect products -- Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Literature cited Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 49-51) Notes Print version record Subject Edible insects -- Economic aspects -- Thailand Minilivestock -- Economic aspects -- Thailand Edible insects -- Thailand -- Marketing Minilivestock -- Thailand -- Marketing TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Thailand Form Electronic book Author Jamjanya, Tasanee Durst, Patrick B ISBN 9789251075791 9251075794

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