Numerous individuals see snails all over. A few people accept it as meat. However, a significant number don't know how to approach raising them. This is aggravated on the grounds that snails, which have a place with the group of creature called MOLLUSCA, is a bisexual. It has both the female and male sexual organs; so one can't generally recognize the male and female specie of it.
Numerous who raise snails in Nigeria are likewise unwilling to tell others about the cultivating philosophy. The systems are frequently covered in mystery. In any case, the plain truth is that snail cultivating is as simple as ABC. The main thing the snails may continually request from you is your consideration and care. They scarcely fall wiped out. You don't need to purchase their nourishment and you might not need to spend much to make a residence them. The excellence, all things considered, is that the snails recreate quickly.
It is not an exaggeration to say that on the long run, you can make over 100 percent return on investment, if you convert a portion of land to commercial snail farming, observes a snail farmer. Snail farming is a three-in-one project that involves production of snails, vegetables and various kinds of fruits snails eat.
More so, you can make money from these three segments of the project. Anybody can manage including women and children, as snails are odourless, harmless and very easy to manage. Snails have economic value; it is very close to cash. You will not regret it if you have the right knowledge. The income is multifarious, as you make money from the snail
Commercial snail farming generates employment opportunities for youth, women, retirees and part-time jobs for even the employed. For the nation, it provides a ready avenue to reduce poverty, creates jobs and generates foreign exchange.
30,000 snails are capable of producing hundreds of eggs, which hatch into snails. It is now possible to produce 1,000,000 snails worth more than N5 million twice a year. This is made possible because of the availability of very highly prolific ACHATINA ACHATINA species of snails, which lay 80-200 in one batch 2-3 times a year.
For instance, if I buy one snail from my supplier at N200 and put it in my farm, after three months it will grow and we can sell it for N300 or N350. In addition to that, it will lay eggs for you, so you make money from both the eggs and the appreciation of the size of the snail."
Some people use wood, bamboo, and after one or two seasons, they can be damaged by rains. But cement, rod, galvanised wire net, can last for a very long time. But we are talking about commercial snail farming, not just snail farming. We should move away from rearing snails in tyres, clay pot, boxes to the modern method of free- range system that you use rear 100,000 snails for local consumption and export.
Snail farming requires practical knowledge before venturing into the business, and this according to him, is because "snail business is knowledge base. If you do not have skills, you cannot go far and if you are involved in wrong principles, you will not do well. Skills are very important. If you do not have the skills, you can talk about snails farming for 30 to 50 years, the industry will not grow. We need to do a lot of researches.
I have done a lot of researches and I now know practically everything they like and everything they do not like. Advised those who have land, irrespective of the size, to invest on it rather than allow it to waste. "For people who have land, no matter how small, it is good to put something on it because land is an asset. I know that a lot of people have but do not know what to do with it.
No land should be wasted. If you farm snails on it, over time, whatever investment you put in it will come back. "I strongly advise people who are interested in snail farming to venture into it. It is something that investors can not regret. I have been practicing snail farmer for 4years. Also, the recreation you can get from it is something that you cannot quantify in monetary terms".
Nigeria's economic recovery programs have necessitated a radical shift from total dependence on government for job to self-employment. One such attractive area for self-employment is snail rearing. It is a great money-spinning business that can provide a substantial source of protein to complement Nigerian carbohydrate meals. Sadly Nigerians inclination to go into business in the fields where thousands have already made their fortune has led to the utter neglect of such lucrative area of snail farming in Nigeria or export at international market.
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