How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion?

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How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion? / van Huis, A.; Halloran, Afton; Van Itterbeeck, J.; Klunder, H.; Vantomme, Paul.

In: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2022, p. 1-4.

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Harvard

van Huis, A, Halloran, A, Van Itterbeeck, J, Klunder, H & Vantomme, P 2022, 'How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion?', Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.x010

APA

van Huis, A., Halloran, A., Van Itterbeeck, J., Klunder, H., & Vantomme, P. (2022). How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion? Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 8(1), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.x010

Vancouver

van Huis A, Halloran A, Van Itterbeeck J, Klunder H, Vantomme P. How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion? Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 2022;8(1):1-4. https://doi.org/10.3920/JIFF2021.x010

Author

van Huis, A. ; Halloran, Afton ; Van Itterbeeck, J. ; Klunder, H. ; Vantomme, Paul. / How many people on our planet eat insects: 2 billion?. In: Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 2022 ; Vol. 8, No. 1. pp. 1-4.

Bibtex

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