Scientist: Arnold van Huis

Arnold van Huis profileSince 2015, Prof.Dr.Ir. Arnold van Huis is emeritus professor at Wageningen University, the Netherlands, and concentrates on insects as food and feed. From 1982 to 1985 he coordinated a crop protection training project for eight Sahelian countries. From 1985 to 2015 he worked as tropical entomologist at Wageningen University.
In 2013 he published with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) the book Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed security which has been downloaded millions of times. In 2014 he organised with the FAO the conference Insects to feed the world, attended by 450 participants from 45 countries.
He is chief editor of the Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. He published more than 300 papers of which 170 refereed. On edible insects, he (co)authored several books, ten book chapters, and 25 refereed and 40 non-refereed publications. Each year he gives presentations in and outside the Netherlands on insects as food and feed.
Edible insects in trays at a vibrant food market, nutritious and sustainable bug-based delicacies

Eating insects: ‘Good for your health, the planet and nutritionally equivalent to meat’

Entomologist Arnold van Huis (Wageningen University, the Netherlands) is an advocate of entomophagy - the human consumption of insects. In this interview Professor Van Huis explains why farming and consuming insects might be good for humans and our planet, and the outlook for a burgeoning insect industry. Professor Van Huis is one of the co-authors ...

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