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Review
. 2021 Jun 15;12(6):557.
doi: 10.3390/insects12060557.

Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals

Roberta Moruzzo  1 , Simone Mancini  1   2 , Alessandra Guidi  1   2
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Review

Edible Insects and Sustainable Development Goals

Roberta Moruzzo et al. Insects. .

Abstract

The insect sector can become an important component of sustainable circular agriculture by closing nutrient and energy cycles, fostering food security, and minimising climate change and biodiversity loss, thereby contributing to SDGs. The high levels of the interaction of the insect sector with the SDGs is clearly illustrated inside the review, analysing all of the SDGs that can have direct and indirect effects on insects. Mapping the interactions between the SDGs goals and insect sector offers a starting point, from which it could be possible to define practical next steps for better insect policy.

Keywords: SDGs; hunger; insect farming; security; sustainability.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Interaction map between insects and sustainable development goals.
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Links between sustainable development goals in the “edible insects’ idea”.
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