Published in Scientific Papers. Series D. Animal Science, Vol. LXII, Issue 1
Written by Laurentius RUMOKOY, Sri ADIANI, Charles KAUNANG, Hengky KIROH, Ivone UNTU, Wisje Lusia TOAR
This article presents a brief study on a wisdom of using insects in animal livestock especially as animal feed to reduce competition with human need. The aim of the study is to find out the recent situation of development conditions using insects as animal feed in relation to human food supply. The method used is a comparative study using primary and secondary data from various sources. The growth in the human population in many countries is relatively very fast, which means an increasing in human food needs. This increase in needs is absolutely necessary, followed by efforts to increase food production. On the other hand, the expected increasing in human population from 6.9 billion in mid-2011 to 9.3 billion in 2050 requires various breakthroughs in preparing sufficient food. The use of insects as animal feed is not functioning only as an alternative feed but is an option that could contribute to decreasing competition of food need in relation with human population numbers in the world that are raised in various parts of the world today. Livestock business like this is not only oriented to business but on efforts to build and have insight into the environment. The conclusion is that the development of good insect cultivation needs to be developed even with simple methods to be applied in farms today by considering environmental management aspects.
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