Events
19/6
2024
22/6
2024
5th Conference - Insects to Feed the World
19/06/2024 - 22/06/2024
The 5th edition of the Insects to Feed the World 2024 conference orginized by the Asian Food and Feed insect Association (AFFIA) was a resounding sussess at the Singapore EXPO from June 19-22, 2024. The event served as pivoltal platform for advancing dialogue and collaboration in the insect feed and food sector. Over 600 participants attended IFW 2024, underscoring its significance as a global...
9/6
2026
12/6
2026
6th Conference - Insects to Feed the World
Metropolitan City of Turin (Italy), 09/06/2026 - 12/06/2026
The first “Insects to Feed the World” (IFW) conference took place in 2014 in the Netherlands and was hosted by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nation. 450 people from 45 countries attended that first successful event. Ten years after the first successful edition, IFW has become a global leading event in the inse...
19/2
2008
21/2
2008
Regional workshop - Forest insects as food: humans bite back
19/02/2008 - 21/02/2008
In an effort to more fully explore the various facets of edible forest insects, the FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific organized an international workshop, entitled “Forest Insects as food: humans bite back” in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in February 2008.
17/12
2020
Webinar: Sustainable cricket farming - Best practices for farmers and inspectors
17/12/2020
The FAQ publications Six-legged livestock: edible insect farming, collection and marketing in Thailand and Edible insects: future prospects for food and feed caused international media sensations in 2013 for advancing the proposition that edible insects could contribute to meeting the food, nutrition and feed needs of a growing world population.
14/5
2014
17/5
2014
1st Conference - Insects to Feed the World
14/05/2014 - 17/05/2014
The first international conference on insects for food and feed brought over 450 participants from 45 countries together to discuss about the state of the art in research, business and policy making in this new developing sector.
23/1
2012
25/1
2012
Expert consultation - Assessing the potential of insects as food and feed in assuring food security
23/01/2012 - 25/01/2012
What began as a small effort in FAO’s Forestry Department to recognize traditional livelihood practices and sustainably managed habitats is unfolding into a broad based effort to look into the multiple dimensions of insect gathering and rearing.