Arnold van Huis
Tropical entomologist
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arnoldvanhuis&gmail.com
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31-6-3819-1490
I am an expert in
integrated pest management
and since about 30 years
I work on insects as food and feed
What is new?
Maybe interesting to read: Some 55 years ago I spent as a student one year in Africa of which half a year in Côte d’Ivoire and half a year in Kenya. To arrive in Kenya we hitch-hiked 6000 km across Africa. To be found under travels.
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Edible Insects
My involvement in edible insects proved to be a worldwide game changer, through the publication of an FAO book and the organization of an international conference.
Integrated Pest Management
This concerns a number of projects such as:
- Biocontrol of stemborers in Kenya
- Biocontrol leaffolders in the Phillippines
- IPM farmer field schools in Zanzibar
- Managing bruchid pests in Benin
Locusts
We investigated strategies to manage the desert locust in Africa and the Middle East
Bruchids
This project deals with biological control of bruchids – storage pests of cowpea in West Africa – using an egg parasitoid.
CoS
The Convergence of Sciences project concerns an interdisplinary Research project dealing with investigating how to conduct agricultural research in West Africa.
Travel stories
As a student I spent one year in Africa. In three parts I documented this stay in three travel stories:
- Half a year in Côte d’ Ivoire
- 6000 km accross Africa during Two months hitch hiking from Côte d’ Ivoire to Kenya
- Half a year in Kenya: safaris and termite research
Insects in African Culture
In 1995 and 2000 I visited 27 countries in Africa and interviewed 250 people about the cultural aspect of insects as food, toy or medicine, and in stories, songs, etc., etc.
A number of articles have been published. I provide some highlights.
Important lectures
When I became professor I gave an inaugural lecture entitled: Insect, respect and societal effect (Dutch)
When I gave my farewell address as professor I gave a lecture entitled: The global impact of Insects (English)
Interviews
I appeared in several interviews about the eating of insects (youtube and blogs). And here are the links:
For all pictures used on this website, you can find the attributions here.