Snail farming is a business that grows ones stock of wealth and also reduces the poverty by creating employment for people. Snail farming is a money-spinning business that can provide a substantial source of protein in our diet as well, snail farming is a virgin area in livestock farming and also has lower risk compare to other livestock farming due to the fact that it has a low capital requirement.
Their is a great business opportunity in snail because the cost of breeding snails is affordable. Snails can feed on paw-paw, cassava and sweet potato leaves. The peels of mango, plantain, cocoyam and pawpaw have huge nutritive value and can be used in some places as the sole diet of snails. The running cost is very low and their feeds can be prepared locally. Snail business will continue to be a success because the demand for snail is higher than the supply and there are also potentials for export to the international market. “You can keep your present job and do this on part time since it doesn’t require much time,.

There are several land snails that can be farmed and eaten. Examples are helix aspersa and helix pommatia, these are kept in Europe. Snail species that are suitable for tropical areas are the giant African snails, achatina fulica and achatina achatina (bodyweight between 80 and

250g) and the big black snail Archachatina marginata (bodyweight about 350g). Lower stocking rates produce larger snails in a shorter time but over stocking may result in infection and causes decrease in number of eggs produced, low weight gains and deaths due to build-up of slime on the ground.
For Giant African Land Snails (GALS), density stocks of about 100 juveniles or 30 pre-adult snails per square meter are recommended but if you want to breed them yourself, a lower population density of between 6-7 snails per square meter will be required. For the smaller European snails (e.g. Helix Aspersa), stocking densities of 25 snails per square meter for breeding.

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Lanre Shotunde

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