The Edibles Insects Project

The importance of this theme has been underestimated in Italy by putting it in second place, with the evident risk of losing the opportunity to promote specific scientific R&D – despite important national projects are already in place – and moreover, losing the opportunity of being leaders at an international level of a project – slow but unstoppable – already in place as part of a shared sustainability program.
Thematic areas have been identified and a participatory experience was launched in which groups of experts from different public entities (universities and R&D centres across Italy) and private organisations committed to analyse current research and system state of the art, flaws and opportunities with the aim to propose effective research guides lines.