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Insects have a high potential of becoming a new sector in the food and feed industry mainly because of the many environmental benefits when compared to meat production this will be outlined in the book as well as the whole process from rearing to marketing. Insects as food and feed from production to consumption 15 pests ie natural enemies such as predators and parasitoids however the companies that produce insects as feed for animals are rather small with a lot of labour involved making it too expensive to be competitive to conventional feed products. Insects have a high potential of becoming a new sector in the food and feed industry mainly because of the many environmental benefits when compared to meat production this will be outlined in the book as well as the whole process from rearing to marketing. Insects have a high potential of becoming a new sector in the food and feed industry mainly because of the many environmental benefits when compared to meat production this will be outlined in the book as well as the whole process from rearing to marketing. Insects as food and feed from production to consumption c published in 2017 by wageningen academic publishers it is presented as an anthology of peer reviewed articles yet accessibly covers the whole process of insect production from rearing facility design and genetics to ethics marketing and health risks