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around 3,000 groups

About how many distinct ethnic groups worldwide are known to practice entomophagy (eating insects)?

That reflects just how widespread and culturally rooted insect-eating traditions are globally.

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (2005) en.wikipedia.org

about 80% of nations

About what share of the world's nations have populations that eat insects?

Across those countries, people eat somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 different insect species.

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (2005) en.wikipedia.org

about 2 kg of feed

How much feed do insects need to produce 1 kg of body mass, compared to cattle needing 8 kg?

Insects convert feed into body mass far more efficiently than most farmed livestock.

Source: UN Food and Agriculture Organization (2024) fao.org

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