For approximately 2.5 billion people, mainly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, eating insects is part of their common diets, in a similar way as eating meat or fish. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Forestry Department is examining the potential of insect gathering and rearing for improving food security worldwide. The following short clips (less than 6 minutes long) are from FAO and some of the major news agencies including Bloomberg and Aljazeera.