Minutes of Insects Study Commission meeting in Ghent, Belgium, held on Wednesday August 28, at 11:30-12:3, is now available here.
Insects as replacement of animal protein gets a boost
SUSINCHAIN (Sustainable Insect Chain) is a project funded with a grant from the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme. The new European research project SUSINCHAIN will start on October 1st 2019. The project aims to contribute to novel protein provision for feed and food in Europe. SUSINCHAIN wants to overcome the...
Educating tomorrow’s insect pathologists to solve problems caused by diseases in the insect-rearing industry
We are pleased to announce the start of the INSECT DOCTORS programme which will educate a new generation of experts to help tackle problems related to infectious diseases in insect mass rearing. We are recruiting 15 PhD candidates to this European Joint Doctoral Programme (EJD), funded under the H2020 Marie...
Diagnostic sheets and disorders in mealworm and black soldier fly
University of Copenhagen has published one page diagnostic sheets on ‘Diseases and disorders in mealworm Tenebrio molitor’ and ‘Diseases and disorders in the Black Soldier Fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens’. The diagnostic sheets can be downloaded by clicking on their titles and are free for all to use and disperse further. Another Diagnostic sheet,...
Diagnostic sheets and disorders in mealworm Special issue: Insects to feed the world
A special issue of the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed is now available online with full papers derived from IFW2018. This special issue covers a diversity of subjects and species. Read the issue here.
IPIFF – Draft Guide on Good Hygiene Practices
IPIFF – ‘International Platform of Insects for Food & Feed’ , which is the EU umbrella organisation for the insect production sector unveils today a guidance document on the best practices in quality and hygienic insect production - the paper is available on the IPIFF website through the following link. Initiated in November 2016, the draft Guide...
Edible Insects & the future of food security: My experience as a lecturer in the Philippines ️ – ZEF Researchers’ blog Marwa Shumo
I received an invitation from SEARCA i.e. the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture to deliver a module on edible insects at a summer school in the Philippine. SEARCA was founded in 1966 and is one of the oldest among 24 specialist institutions of the...
World Food Day Colloquium organized by the Food Security Center at the University of Hohenheim, Report by Marwa Shumo
World Food Day is a day of action dedicated to tackling global hunger. Held annually on 16th October celebrating the creation of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The focus of the day is that food is a basic and fundamental human right. Yet, in a world of billions, over 820 million people...
Contribution Paper – The application of insect frass as fertilising product in agriculture
The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed – the European association representing the stakeholders involved in the production of insects – is publishing today its ‘Contribution Paper on the application of insect frass as fertilising product in agriculture‘, a document which presents the position of the umbrella association...
Contribution Paper – The Research Priorities of the European Insect Sector
The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed (IPIFF) is publishing today a Contribution Paper on the Research Priorities of the European insect producing sector, entitled ‘The International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed – building bridges between the insect production chain, research and policymakers’. This document is...