Chrysantus Tanga

Chrysantus Tanga
Chrysantus Tanga
Country	Kenya
Organizations:	International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Insects for Food Feed and Other Uses Programme at the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology
Titles:	Senior Scientist
Focal areas:
	Agriculture; Biological Control; Community Development; Edible Insects; Indigenous Knowledge; Insect Behavior; Integrated Pest Management; Invasive Species; Livestock; Modeling; Nutrition; Policy;
Focal species:
	Desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria); Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria);

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Margaret, K., Collins, M.K., Subramanian, S., Egonyu, J.P., Nakimbugwe, D., Ssepuuya, G., Faith, N., Ekesi, S., Tanga, C.M., 2022. Innovative feedstocks for optimal mass production of the edible long-horned grasshopper, Ruspolia differens. Frontiers in Physiology 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1015636
Egonyu, J.P., Subramanian, S., Tanga, C.M., Dubois, T., Ekesi, S., Kelemu, S., 2021. Global overview of locusts as food, feed and other uses. Global Food Security 31:100574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2021.100574
Fombong, F.T., Kinyuru, J., Ng’ang’a, J., Ayieko, M., Tanga, C.M., Broeck, J.V., 2021. Affordable Processing of Edible Orthopterans Provides a Highly Nutritive Source of Food Ingredients. 17.
Sengendo, F., Subramanian, S., Chemurot, M., Tanga, C.M., Egonyu, J.P., 2021. Efficient Harvesting of Safe Edible Grasshoppers: Evaluation of Modified Drums and Light-Emitting Diode Bulbs for Harvesting Ruspolia differens (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Uganda. Journal of Economic Entomology 114:676–683. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toab025
Kimathi, E., Tonnang, H.E.Z., Subramanian, S., Cressman, K., Abdel-Rahman, E.M., Tesfayohannes, M., Niassy, S., Torto, B., Dubois, T., Tanga, C.M., Kassie, M., Ekesi, S., Mwangi, D., Kelemu, S., 2020. Prediction of breeding regions for the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria in East Africa. Scientific Reports 10:11937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-68895-2
Magara, H.J.O., Tanga, C.M., Ayieko, M.A., Hugel, S., Mohamed, S.A., Khamis, F.M., Salifu, D., Niassy, S., Sevgan, S., Fiaboe, K.K.M., Roos, N., Ekesi, S., 2019. Performance of Newly Described Native Edible Cricket Scapsipedus icipe (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) on Various Diets of Relevance for Farming. Journal of Economic Entomology 112:653–664. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy397