A special report by the Food and Agriculture Organization recommends using edible insects as a substitute for food. The proportion of protein and fat in larvae and beetles is higher than in meat and fish
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Dung beetle. 70% of Congolese eat beetles
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Edible insects such as caterpillars and beetles can be an alternative to conventional sources of nutrition, especially in hungry African countries - so states a special report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published yesterday at the United Nations Center in New York.
"Insects living in forests are an important source of proteins," explained Paul Vanatomi, a senior expert on behalf of HAF.I.O. "Unlike insects from agricultural lands, the insects in the forests are free of pesticides." The expert pointed out that in one of the Central African countries insects are already an important source of nutrition.
90% of Botswana residents who participated in the study said that they feed on insects. 70% of Congolese residents also claimed that they eat insects. The report stated that insects have a higher proportion of proteins and fat than meat and fish: 100 grams of insects contain 53 grams of proteins and 15 grams of fat. But despite the praise of insects in the report, the chance that insects will appear on the menus of the delegations' restaurant in the UN building in New York tends to zero.
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