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  • Urban farms, insects, key in battle against hunger

    Jan 20, 2022 10:30 am by Sci Dev NetIllinois in the News
    Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo credit: Frederick Zwicky

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    • Esther Ngumbi, assistant professor of entomology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo credit: Frederick Zwicky

    Sci Dev Net (Jan. 19) Food security is an ongoing challenge in sub-Saharan Africa. Raised in a drought-prone area of Kenya, U. of I. entomology professor Esther Ngumbi says insects can be a sustainable source of food and nutrition.