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The Bioeconomy and Food Waste: Insects’ Contribution

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  • Eili Skrivervik

    (TIK Centre, University of Oslo)

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The growing global population and awareness of the unsustainability of livestock production has led consumers, companies, organizations and governments to consider entomophagy (eating insects) as a more sustainable option. Minilivestock offers advantages over traditional livestock production: with greater diversity, higher nutritional levels, higher energy efficiency, higher reproductive rates, lower environmental footprint, and lower costs. This article aims to demonstrate how the successful implementation of entomophagy in the West can positively contribute to the bioeconomy. The article does this through exploring entomophagy, presenting novel research on entrepreneurs in insect farming, and introducing food waste as a free, plentiful and sustainable feed resource for insect farms. Although none of the insect farms included in this research showed any links between insect farms and food waste reduction this is expected to change as the industry matures.

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  • Eili Skrivervik, 2018. "The Bioeconomy and Food Waste: Insects’ Contribution," Working Papers on Innovation Studies 20181021, Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture, University of Oslo.
    • Handle: RePEc:tik:inowpp:20181021
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