1. Edible insects and Food security in DR Congo
Papy Nsevolo Miankeba,
Rudy Caparros Megido,
Christophe Blecker,
Sabine Danthine,
Paul Aman,
Eric Haubruge,
Taofic Alabi,
Frederic Francis

2. 1. Edible insects biodiversity : Four main orders of edible insects
Lepidoptera
(46.7%)
Isoptera (18.6%)
Coleoptera
(9.7%)
Orthoptera (17.6%)

3. 2.1. Interest 1: contribution to poverty alleviation
2. Interests
2.1. Interest 1: contribution to poverty alleviation
The Key people who market insects as food are mostly women ;
The income generated contributes to the well being of households;
Empowerment of women.

4. 2.2. Interest 2: contribution to food security
80% of the population eat at least one specie of insects
5 days per month;
The main reason of eating insects is the intake of protein
and fat.

5. 2.3. Interest 3: contribution to preserving biodiversity and human health
Insect species are really abundant and some (in particular caterpillars) could be considered as pests;
Eating insects help reduce pressure on busmeat and footprint due to intensive livestock;
No diseases transmissible to humans (so far).

6. 3. Issues
3.1. Issues 1: No rigorous taxonomic matching - need of tools and applications

7. 3.2. Technology and Training gap but urgency of sharing bio-data
There is a mine of data but scientists need training to standards and digitization tools and methods

8. 3.3. Risk on threatened insect species or species eaten to extinction
Need of highly visual tools to identify them

9. 4.1. International collaboration (with RMCA, GBIF, …) is very Helpful

10. 4.1 The standards and workflow of TDWG are fruitful : please keep it on mind !

11. And thank you all for your kind attention!
Acknowledgments
And thank you all for your kind attention!