Cricket farming – for food and feed

Project manager: Anna Jansson

Doctoral student: Phalla Miech

The need for protein sources in developing countries is urgent. Edible insects could constitute high quality food for humans, livestock, poultry and fish. Because insects are cold blooded, they have a high food conversion rate and appear to emit less greenhouse gases than conventional livestock.

In some cases insects can be grown on green material/vegetables of limited feed value to humans. Therefore, edible insects are a serious alternative for conventional production or other animal based protein sources, either for direct human consumption, or indirectly as feedstock. In the developing world, a re-evaluation of the food resource is required.

The aim of this project is to investigate the possibilities for cricket farming in Cambodia using local cheap, feed resources.