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Author:   M G Paoletti
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Science Publishers,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.410kg
ISBN:  

9781578083398

ISBN 10:   1578083397
Pages:   662
Publication Date:   07 January 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Minilivestock Environment, Sustainability, and the Local Knowledge Disappearance;The Minilivestock: Environment, Education, Research and Economics; Potential of Rodents for Minilivestock in Africa; Rodent Farming in the Amazon: Experience with Amerindians in Venezuela; Frogs as Food; Snail Collection and Smallscale Production in Africa and Europe; Overview of the Role of Edible Insects in Preserving Biodiversity; Insects: Food for Human Evolution; Minilivestock Consumption in the Ancient Near East: The Case of Locusts; Human Consumption of Lepidoptera, Termites, Orthoptera, and Ants in Africa; Insects Eaten in Africa (Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera, Heteroptera, Homop-tera); Notes on the Edible Insects of South Benin: A Source of Protein; Edible Insects in Japan; Insects: A Hopeful Food Source; Edible Invertebrates among Amazonian Indians: A Critical Review of Disappearing Knowledge; Edible Insects in Ecuador; Palm Worm (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Rhynchophorus palmarum): A Traditional Food: Examples from Alto Orinoco, Venezuela; Insect and Other Invertebrate Foods of the Australian Aborigines; Traditional Food Insects and Spiders in Several Different Ethnic Groups of North-East India, Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand; Edible Insects in the Laos PDR, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam; Lessons from Traditional Foraging Patterns in West Papua (Indonesia); Contemporary Use of Insects and Other Arthropods in Traditional Korean Medicine (Hanbang) in South Korea and Elsewhere; Insects as Traditional Food in China; Medicinal Terrestrial Arthropods in China; Nutritive Value of Earthworms; Pharmaceutical Value and Use of Earthworms; House cricket Smallscale Farming; Insects in the Human Diet: Nutritional Aspects; Hygiene and Health Features of ""Minilivestock"""

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