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Abstract：
Human consumption of insects has previously been examined in cross-cultural studies. However, such studies rarely include African countries and willingness-to-pay for insect-based food has never been assessed in cross-cultural studies. The current study presents a cross-cultural study conducted with 409 urban dwellers from Belgium (191 males; 218 females) and 412 urban dwellers from Gabon (219 males; 193 females). Each respondent was surveyed with a questionnaire following the Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices model and included questions relative to willingness-to-pay for 2 insect-based foods (insect baguette and insect burger). More than 90% of respondents from both countries were familiar with edible insects. However, acceptance of entomophagy was lower in respondents from Gabon than in respondents from Belgium. Intercultural differences were also recorded between Gabonese ethnic groups. Most respondents who accepted entomophagy were willing to eat the insect baguette and/or the insect burger. These findings confirm that entomophagy could further develop in Belgium and Gabon. Willingness-to-pay varied between countries and between insect-based foods. In Belgium, the average prices of comparable conventional foods (i.e., same foods but without insects) were lower than the average willingness-to-pay for insect-based foods. In Gabon, respondents were not willing to pay extra for insect-based foods. Setting the right price for insect-based foods is a necessary step to promote more frequent insect consumption.
摘要：
人类对昆虫的消费先前已在跨文化研究中进行了研究。然而,此类研究很少包括非洲国家，并且在跨文化研究中从未评估过以昆虫为基础的食物的支付意愿。本研究介绍了一项跨文化研究，该研究对比利时的409名城市居民（男性191名；女性218名）和加蓬的412名城市居民（男性219名；女性193名）进行了研究。在知识之后，每个受访者都接受了问卷调查，态度,和实践模型，并包括与2种昆虫食品（昆虫面包和昆虫汉堡）的支付意愿有关的问题。来自这两个国家的90％以上的受访者熟悉食用昆虫。然而,加蓬受访者对昆虫吞噬的接受度低于比利时受访者.加蓬族裔群体之间也记录了文化差异。大多数接受昆虫吞噬的受访者愿意吃昆虫面包和/或昆虫汉堡。这些发现证实了食虫可以在比利时和加蓬进一步发展。不同国家和昆虫食品之间的支付意愿不同。在比利时,可比传统食品的平均价格(即，相同的食物，但没有昆虫）低于以昆虫为基础的食物的平均支付意愿。在加蓬,受访者不愿意为昆虫食品支付额外费用。为昆虫食品设定正确的价格是促进更频繁的昆虫消费的必要步骤。
