To meet the growing need for food to support an increasing population, a country should make use of edible insects as a food source. However, some people believe that insects are not only unhealthy but harvesting them will also negatively affect nature. What are the benefits and drawbacks of eating insects?

Food

shortage has become a major

problem

in many countries, especially in

the

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developing and underdeveloping countries. To tackle

such

problem

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,

this

is where the

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government

governemnt

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government

in each country needs to come up with an alternative

solution

. Shifting attention from agricultural

food

products and processed

food

to the diet of

insects

can be a

solution

to

this

problem

.

However

, before one can decide to digest

on

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insects

,

it

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must

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made

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sure that no harm will cause. In

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several

serveral

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several

countries, eating

insects

is nothing new to the people.

For example

, in Thailand, many have lived on by eating

insects

as snacks as it has proteins,

such

as worms and

catepillars

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caterpillars

, needed for the body. It has

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become

becme

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a common custom that many people in each region of Thailand adopt to do so. It even attracts tourists to have a shot

in

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tasting the deliciousness of the

insects

, when cooked right. As it is easy to harvest and cook,

this

is indeed a cost

effcient

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efficient

solution

. If

food

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industry

decide

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to focus on coming

with

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amazing dishes that have

insects

as their ingredients, it would

also

provide jobs for many in

th

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the

rural area.

This

could generate better GDP for the country and open up

new

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sector

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of industry. Even though it may

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many benefits for the economy and society, it does come with a lot of setbacks regarding the environment. Once all these

insects

and their eggs are consumed as

food

,

this

could harm the agricultural sectors and affect humans in the long run. If all these

insects

are over-harvested like fish, soon they would become extinct. It could lead to

the

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fall in agriculture, as there are no

insects

to carry the

pollents

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pollen

pollens

polls

to make

a fruitful harvests

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or kill pests that would harm plants.

Moreover

, if

that is

the case, humans would lose

its

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major

food

resources and that could lead to upheavals and disruption in the society where people fight for

food

.

This

would only exacerbate the

problem

. The better

solution

for

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to support the need for

food

to support an increasing population and not harm the environment, policy and ground rules need to be established.

This

is to save the population of the

insects

from going extinct and preserve human's main

food

source which comes from

agricultural

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the agricultural

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sector. Harvesting seasons of

insects

need to be clear, their eggs must be eliminated from harvesting, and provide

specific

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time for the

insects

to regenerate and rebuild

its

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population. Even though humans are at the top of the

food

pyramid,

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we need to meet in the middle so every species could survive

this

crisis.