Table 2 Consumption frequency and use patterns of edible insects in the study area
Variables | Alibori (N = 90) | Atacora (N = 228) | Plateau (N = 110) | Zou (N = 51) | Total (N = 479) | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consumption | ||||||
Respondents practicing entomophagy | 55 | 204 | 79 | 41 | 379 | 79.1 |
Number of years of insect consumption | ||||||
[0–30] | 89 | 60 | 71 | 47 | 267 | 55.7 |
[31–60] | 1 | 151 | 39 | 4 | 195 | 40.7 |
[61–70] | – | 17 | – | – | 17 | 3.6 |
Proportion as source of nutrients (%) | ||||||
10 | 79 | 169 | 100 | 35 | 383 | 80 |
20 | 6 | 54 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 16.7 |
30 | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | 16 | 3.3 |
Frequency of consumption | ||||||
Once per day | 16 | 72 | 9 | 5 | 102 | 21.3 |
Once per week | 16 | 69 | 35 | 14 | 134 | 28 |
Once per month | 28 | 73 | 37 | 23 | 161 | 33.6 |
Once per year | 30 | 14 | 29 | 9 | 82 | 17.1 |
Family consumption | ||||||
Parents only | 1 | 13 | 44 | 4 | 62 | 12.9 |
Children only | 10 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 6.1 |
Old person only | 1 | 5 | 2 | – | 8 | 1.7 |
All family members | 78 | 200 | 57 | 45 | 380 | 79.3 |
Mode of consumption | ||||||
Raw | – | 5 | – | – | 5 | 1 |
Boiled | 5 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 3.8 |
Smoked | 7 | 47 | 23 | 21 | 98 | 20.5 |
Fried | 75 | 166 | 85 | 18 | 344 | 71.8 |
Dried | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 3 |
Uses | ||||||
Only for food | 85 | 99 | 68 | 51 | 303 | 63.2 |
Traditional medicine | – | 68 | 23 | – | 91 | 19 |
Spiritual uses | – | 26 | 16 | – | 42 | 8.8 |
Poultry feed | – | 35 | 3 | – | 29 | 6.1 |
Animal trap | – | 6 | – | – | 6 | 1.3 |
Sell | 5 | – | – | – | 5 | 1 |
Fishing | – | – | 3 | – | 3 | 0.6 |