Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa
We surveyed the local populations of Kétou and Pobè in Southeast Benin through interviews and with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire in order to understand how they currently perceive entomophagy, an age-old tradition in their communities. The study revealed that the majority of the populat...
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| author | Sampat Ghosh Séverin Tchibozo Euloge Lanmantchion Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow Chuleui Jung Chuleui Jung |
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| description | We surveyed the local populations of Kétou and Pobè in Southeast Benin through interviews and with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire in order to understand how they currently perceive entomophagy, an age-old tradition in their communities. The study revealed that the majority of the population was familiar with the use of insects as food, and a sizable number of people were still interested in insect consumption. Gender differences were not apparent. Tradition or culture was identified as the most influential factor, followed by taste, as determinants for eating or rejecting insects. However, identifying the edible species and comparing practices how they were prepared for consumption, we found that the knowledge was not homogenous across the society of Benin, with differences depending on ethnicity, culture, respondent's age, and educational background. Awareness and promotion of food insects in the society should help to preserve the practice of entomophagy and in turn could lead to the provision of much needed nutritional supplements to the poorer and disadvantaged sections of the society. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0490cb12457f411ca0f174547504d28b2022-12-21T18:37:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Nutrition2296-861X2021-02-01810.3389/fnut.2021.637385637385Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West AfricaSampat Ghosh0Séverin Tchibozo1Euloge Lanmantchion2Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow3Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow4Chuleui Jung5Chuleui Jung6Agriculture Science and Technology Research Institute, Andong National University, Andong, South KoreaCentre de Recherche pour la Gestion de la Biodiversité, Cotonou, BeninCentre de Recherche pour la Gestion de la Biodiversité, Cotonou, BeninAgriculture Science and Technology Research Institute, Andong National University, Andong, South KoreaDepartment of Ecology and Genetics, Oulu University, Oulu, FinlandAgriculture Science and Technology Research Institute, Andong National University, Andong, South KoreaDepartment of Plant Medicals, Andong National University, Andong, South KoreaWe surveyed the local populations of Kétou and Pobè in Southeast Benin through interviews and with the aid of a semi-structured questionnaire in order to understand how they currently perceive entomophagy, an age-old tradition in their communities. The study revealed that the majority of the population was familiar with the use of insects as food, and a sizable number of people were still interested in insect consumption. Gender differences were not apparent. Tradition or culture was identified as the most influential factor, followed by taste, as determinants for eating or rejecting insects. However, identifying the edible species and comparing practices how they were prepared for consumption, we found that the knowledge was not homogenous across the society of Benin, with differences depending on ethnicity, culture, respondent's age, and educational background. Awareness and promotion of food insects in the society should help to preserve the practice of entomophagy and in turn could lead to the provision of much needed nutritional supplements to the poorer and disadvantaged sections of the society.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.637385/fulltraditionfood systeminsect as foodnutritionindigenous traditional knowledgesustainability |
| spellingShingle | Sampat Ghosh Séverin Tchibozo Euloge Lanmantchion Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow Victor Benno Meyer-Rochow Chuleui Jung Chuleui Jung Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa Frontiers in Nutrition tradition food system insect as food nutrition indigenous traditional knowledge sustainability |
| title | Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa |
| title_full | Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa |
| title_fullStr | Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa |
| title_short | Observations on How People in Two Locations of the Plateau Département of Southeast Benin Perceive Entomophagy: A Study From West Africa |
| title_sort | observations on how people in two locations of the plateau departement of southeast benin perceive entomophagy a study from west africa |
| topic | tradition food system insect as food nutrition indigenous traditional knowledge sustainability |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnut.2021.637385/full |
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