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? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

In

this

era and age, the population is still growing sharply, creating important issues to satisfy all the food

demand

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.

One

of the possible alternatives is to introduce new types of nutrients

such

as bugs, caterpillars and locusts.

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essay analyses the benefits of introducing

insects

as an aliment in our society

such

as reduction of costs and pollution, but

also

drawbacks

such

as the sensibility of people and the obstacle of culture. First of all, adding

insects

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our diets can be extremely eco-friendly and sustainable for our environment because it can lead to a reduction of problems for our ecosystem. Indeed, droughts,

due to

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of rivers for farming, contamination of soil,

due to

the usage of chemicals

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for crops, and the thinness of

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layer,

due to

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farming, are all effects of intensive farms. These damaging effects could be reduced by the introduction of insect farms, which studies have proven their bigger

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rather than the traditional ones.

Moreover

, another benefit could be the decrease of costs in food production that automatically brings a reduction of the final product on the market.

For instance

, researchers have revealed that, for farming

insects

, the average amount of money needed is

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than the normal

one

due to

lower maintenance and structural costs.

On the other hand

, there are several obstacles to deal with.

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, the culture could be a problem. Only in fewer countries

such

as Vietnam, Thailand and Mexico,

insects

have been considered

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a nutrient since ancient times. Especially, in developed nations, where cultures consider these animals insignificant and horrible.

Hence

, another problem could be the sensibility that people have for them. A study of

last

year said that only

one

out of ten consider bugs and caterpillars as aliments in Europe.

For

this

reason, governments should start a campaign that could give a deeper understanding of

this

revolution, allowing everyone to look at

this

possibility with new eyes. In conclusion, introducing

insects

as food in our society could lead to a lot of benefits, especially for our ecosystem,

however

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not all countries could react in the same way.

One

of the possibilities to achieve

this

new way of eating could

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, through different actions,

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, giving them reasons and benefits on why we should make use of edible

insects

.