Yupa Hanboonsong (Thai: ยุพา หาญบุญทรง) is a Thai entomologist, specializing in entomophagy (the use of insects as food). Hanboonsong received her PhD in insect systematics from Lincoln University in New Zealand,[1][2] and currently works as an associate professor in the entomology department at Khon Kaen University.[3]
The effects on Thailand of the 1997 Asian financial crisis prompted Hanboonsong to train rice farmers in remote areas of the country to farm crickets as a cheap and plentiful nutrition source.[4] She has co-authored reports on insect farming for the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), including Six-legged livestock: edible insect farming, collecting and marketing in Thailand (2013)[5] and Edible insects in Lao PDR: building on tradition to enhance food security.[6]