“I love it,” he said.From beetles to weevils, food experts are beginning to turn to the world’s smallest critters in order to solve some of their biggest hunger problems. Argentines eating weevils for medicinal purposes (4/23/2002 9:50:00 AM) Kompheak said he noticed that while the Thai government has encouraged its residents to consume insects, in Cambodia there is very little effort made to promote their healthy qualities.Hean Vanhorn, deputy director of the department of agriculture, said that the Ministry of Agriculture is currently encouraging residents to grow rice and vegetables and to raise livestock, not raise insects.“We eat rice here. “I love it,” he said.
You can eat it for a snack, but you wouldn’t eat it at every meal,” he said.Nina Brandstrup, the FAO’s representative in Cambodia, said she doubted that the reports alone would convince more people to eat insects.But they can be “a basis for furthering discussion within individual countries about the feasibility and desirability of using insects for human or animal nutrition,” she said.Still, for Mr. Vibol, eating insects will remain part of his diet for a long time to come.Independent journalism is under threat in Cambodia.
• Boll weevils – Unlike the previous two kinds of weevils, these can cause actual damage to property as these primarily feed on cotton. Some Edible Insects: 1. The weevils are traditionally controlled by pyrethroid insecticides with limited success, while no established control measure exists within the organic sector. The larvae feed unseen underground on the plants' root nodules, this has limited effects on the crop in the home garden. The Many Benefits of Eating Bugs.
In the future, as the prices of conventional animal proteins increase, insects may well become a cheaper source of protein than conventionally produced meat and ocean-caught fish.”Chin Kompheak has owned a small farm in his village in Meanchey district’s Prek Pra commune for a little over a year and a half.He sells between 20 to 50 kilograms of crickets to locals every two months, earning him up to $125.“This is a little bit of a funny business because when you say that you raise crickets, people laugh at you,” he said.“Even if there were ten more of me, it would still not be enough to supply the market,” he said. The weevil treatment is also used for psoriasis, sinusitis, hemorrhoids, Parkinson's disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, arthritis and asthma. In Cambodia, 80 percent of the population still lives in rural areas and chronic malnourishment due to a lack of protein and essential vitamins continue to cause severe stunting among children. CTRL + SPACE for auto-complete. Having rice with crickets—it just doesn’t go well. The positive effects of the treatment are not scientifically supported, but many people said their pain disappeared after eating the black insects for 10 days. Copyright 2002 Efe.
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