Will You Be Eating Insects Soon? : The Economist

By 2050 there could be 10 billion human mouths to feed. Eating insects could help solve the global food-supply problem. Read more econ.st/3fTILxA

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00:00 - 00:47 How to feed the growing population
00:47 - 03:23 The potential of insects
03:23 - 05:31 Eating cricket powder in Madagascar
05:31- 06:30 Madagascar's climate change famine
06:30 - 08:00 Cricket farming in Africa
08:00 - 11:30 Expanding insect production
11:30 - 12:20 Insects: a green solution?
12:20 - 13:12 Will insects become a staple?

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