Current Knowledge and Perception of Edible Grasshopper/Locusts’ Consumption in Western Kenya

Table 6

Willingness to rear edible grasshoppers/locusts by the respondents in western Kenya.

Questions on perceived acceptance of edible grasshoppers as food and feed	Attribute	Frequency	Percent (%)	Chi-square (χ^2)
If you are shown how to rear grasshoppers/locusts, would you rear them?	Yes	451	50.1	χ^2 = 13.4, d.f. = 2,
	Maybe	189	21
	No	261	29
	Total	901	100
What will be your purpose for rearing them?	For food only	22	3.4	χ^2 = 85.4, d.f. = 4,
	For feed only	18	2.8
	For feed and food only	103	16
	For sale	162	25.2
	For food, feed, and sale	338	52.6
	Total	643	100
If you were to rear and sell them, in what form will you sell them?	Raw	284	48.2	χ^2 = 56.6, d.f. = 4,
	Roasted	112	19
	Fried	102	17.3
	Roasted as well as fried	26	4.4
	Any depending on the market	65	11
	Total	589	100