Designer hops on board

COFFEE machine, toaster, blender ... grasshopper breeder? A US-based designer who grew up in west Africa has come up with a very different kitchen appliance to help with dinner.

With the United Nations insisting that people will need to eat more insects as a source of protein as global food supplies struggle to feed the seven billion people on the planet, Mansour Ourasanah’s invention may be an idea whose time has finally come.