 In Thailand, there are 20,000 farmers rearing crickets, with an estimated production of 7,500 tons per year and United Nation's FAO has implemented a project in Laos to improve cricket farming and, consequently, food security.The food conversion efficiency of house crickets ("Acheta domesticus") is 1.7, some five times higher than that for beef cattle, and if their fecundity is taken into account, 15 to 20 times higher.Cricket flour may be used as an additive to consumer foods such as pasta, bread, crackers, and cookies.