Most of the continent’s food is lost to insects, either on farm, or in storage post-harvest. By saving just a fraction of this produce, millions of people in Africa would be saved from hunger.
That’s from Prof Christian Borgemeister, DG of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (Icipe) in Nairobi. But there’s a useful side to insects too, of course. Read the full interview in Business Daily Africa.