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Energy-efficient food production to reduce global warming and ecodegradation: The use of edible insects

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  • Premalatha, M.
  • Abbasi, Tasneem
  • Abbasi, Tabassum
  • Abbasi, S.A.

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As the global population continues to rise, and attempts to increase arable land area come in sharp conflict with the necessity to retain forests on one hand and pressures of urbanization on the other, the wave of global food shortage that has hit the world recently is likely to hit us again and again.

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  • Premalatha, M. & Abbasi, Tasneem & Abbasi, Tabassum & Abbasi, S.A., 2011. "Energy-efficient food production to reduce global warming and ecodegradation: The use of edible insects," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 15(9), pages 4357-4360.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:rensus:v:15:y:2011:i:9:p:4357-4360
    DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2011.07.115
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