[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/5992\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EBurgers made from bug-fed chicken coming to a supermarket near you\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHouse flies can convert manure into protein faster than most other insects, and they\u2019re already present all over the world. That\u2019s why researchers at the EU-funded\u0026nbsp;PROteINSECT project are working out how to produce and process them so they can be safely fed to pigs and poultry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the moment, researchers are investigating how to prepare the larvae.\u0026nbsp;The next stage will be to try feeding them to pigs and chickens to see how efficiently the animals fatten up, and trials are planned in the UK and Belgium for next year.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAccording to a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/018\/i3253e\/i3253e.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2013 report\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, insects are a nutritious and environmentally friendly food. They could provide a readily available source of high-quality proteins, minerals and vitamins, and\u0026nbsp;feeding insects to pigs and poultry could save valuable farmland which is now being used to grow crops for animal feed.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrent meat production techniques, including resource-intensive livestock production, are responsible for around 14.5 % of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a second\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.fao.org\/docrep\/018\/i3437e\/i3437e.pdf\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EFAO report\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018With three billion extra mouths to feed by 2050, the need to improve the efficient use of land for protein production and the effective utilisation of waste materials has never been greater.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EDr Elaine Fitches, coordinator of PROteINSECT\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEnsuring the availability of and access to sufficient safe and nutritious food is one of the focus areas of \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/horizon-magazine.eu\/key-themes\/horizon-2020\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHorizon 2020\u003C\/a\u003E, the EU\u2019s research funding programme which runs from 2014 until 2020.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018We have a growing global population, people are eating more and more meat, therefore we need to produce protein more sustainably. With three billion extra mouths to feed by 2050, the need to improve the efficient use of land for protein production and the effective utilisation of waste materials has never been greater,\u2019 said Dr Elaine Fitches, from the UK\u2019s Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA), who coordinates the PROteINSECT project.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInsects are already used to feed animals in Africa and China, and the project hopes to\u0026nbsp;generate data that can be used by policymakers to decide whether to allow farmers to use fly larvae as a feed in the EU.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt the moment, the use of insect protein in animal feed is prohibited under EU rules. However, regulators are investigating whether to change the law so that insects can be fed to pigs and chickens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe results of a survey carried out by the project suggest that over 70 % of people would be willing to eat chicken, fish or pork from animals fed on an insect-based diet. \u003Cdiv class=\u0022moreinfoblock\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch3\u003EInsects eaten by humans\u003C\/h3\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EInsects do not only provide nutritious feed for animals, they are also seen as a tasty snack by billions of people. Global estimates suggest up to 2\u0026nbsp;000 insect species are regularly consumed as human food, particularly in Australasia, Latin America and Southeast Asia. The most commonly consumed insects are bees, beetles, caterpillars and locusts. Red maguey worms, for example, are deep-fried and eaten with tortillas in Mexico. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the Republic of Niger, grasshoppers are considered a delicacy and are bought from food stalls at the sides of roads. In Japan, thousands of people gather to eat wasp larvae at the annual Hebo festival.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the Central African Republic, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r9M2JPscbmQ\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ecaterpillars are an important part of people\u2019s diet\u003C\/a\u003E. In some tribes in the region, the average person eats over 40 caterpillars per day during the rainy season.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EInsects such as roasted crickets, fried locusts and grasshoppers dipped in chocolate are available from specialist suppliers in Europe too. 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