Nigeria's economy has been battling recession, the big question now is, how do we come out of it? Agriculture seems to be the only way out of poverty, food scarcity and current unemployment challenges in Nigeria today, especially among youths.
Snail farming is one of the most profitable animal rearing business in Nigeria. It provides one of the finest opportunity to make good money at a very short time.
Unlike other livestock enterprises, housing for snails is the cheapest to construct. Its feeding is also cheaper compared to the rest of the livestock.
You can easily start up a snail farm with any available space available you.
Many people in Nigeria today adopt the do it myself approach in setting up a snail farm by going into snail farming without getting appropriate and adequate knowledge and practical experience on the snail farming does and don’ts.
Before venturing into snail farming, a prospective snail farmer should be able to acquire appropriate knowledge on the following;
- What type of specie of snail to use. (Which specie to use between Achatina Achatina and Achatina Marginata).
- How to select the snail breeds to start up with.
- The number of snails to start up with.
- Right Stocking technique.
- Suitable Construction materials to use for snailery.
- Adopting indoor or outdoor rearing and their advantages and disadvantages.
- Appropriate measures to adopt in snailery construction to ensure adequate ventilation, guide against insects, rodents etc
- Soil and environment conditions
- Timing for feeding
- Best approach to adopt in feeding and feed formulation. (Most people think that snails only eat vegetables)
- Harmful Vegetables that could result in high mortality rate
- Techniques to avoid overcrowding.
- Pest and diseases control.
- Techniques to avoid flooding of snails (Subjecting your snails to more water than required for their survival)
- Technique to ensure optimum eggs and multiplication.
- Harvesting techniques and strategy.
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