In the U.S., we are more accustomed to exterminating insects than to eating them, but in scores of countries around the world – for instance in Thailand and China – food markets are stocked with commercially-raised water beetles, roaches, crickets, and bamboo worms and other insects. Proponents of entomophagy (the scientific term for consuming insects) argue that consuming insects could be a far greener way to get protein than eating chicken, beef, or pork.
The assignment: As executive directors of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, write an analytical report discussing the advantages and disadvantages of entomophagy to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. You may provide information about other countries in which entomophagy is widely practiced. You also want to consider criteria such as ease and cost of raising insects for consumption, the efficiency of conversion of ingested food to body substance as compared to other protein sources, nutritional value and health concerns. You may end by sharing recipes used in other cultures. Obtain the necessary information from the internet (e.g. entomophagy conference proceedings, books, scholarly magazines, and cookbooks [for example David George Gordon’s The Eat-a-Bug Cookbook])
Mainly talk about the Asian countries especially China. Separate the history and culture to two parts.
