And in the third world, the meat is local.
But this is about essentially big business making money. So poor Africans, instead of being taught how to raise chickens or even introducing cuys or rabbits that they can raise in a small plot, are going to be fed with processed bugs sold to them by a French company.
the possibility of these insects carrying disease has not been investigated.
And then you face the “YUK” factor: People in poorer countries will not eat unfamiliar foods or food traditionally forbidden by custom (hence the joke MREs are meals rejected by Ethiopians.).
I know our local Africans had a taboo against eating shrimp and crayfish.
And I wonder: Are mealworms halal? Grasshoppers and locusts are, but there is a question about mealworms.
My daughter in law just got a halal approval for her organic rice, so she could export it to Muslim countries. So one does wonder about this.
Maybe they are Jewish?