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The Prospect of Snail Farming in Nigeria
In spite of the apparent value of the snail in human diet, no significant efforts have been made so far at its large scale rearing.
There is however a growing awareness of the high nutritional and medical value of snail in the diet of the home. With this new trends, snail will gradually emerge as a domestic mini livestock of in importance in Nigeria. Snail farming is now being approached as a hobby by interested individuals while commercial large scale are expected to spring up when many people eventually come to appreciate the advantages of snail farming.
One of these is the potential for high return on investment with low level of inputs. An outstanding phenomena’s is the ability of snails to continue laying several times over a period, after a single mating. The snail can, therefore, produce at least five time its own body weight of meat in a year.
As more people become aware of the medicinal importance of snail meat, there will be a trend towards more consumption of the meat. Also as snail farming expands, more research into snail production and usefulness will be conducted. This may help to disabuse the mind of people who regard snail eating as a taboo.
To scientists and researchers, snails and snail farming offer an extensive fertile ground for research.
In general snails are not expensive to rear; the most important thing is to get all conditions for their survival right. The losses too, may not be much in case of failure because not much is invested in terms of capital especially when you are the owner of your space.
Do not however, forget that you need to employ the services of an expert in the care of the snails to ensure that they are in good hands all the time and to enhance the quantity produced after a long period of waiting.
Learn more about snail farming at: http://www.thethyconsulting.com/thebeautyofsnailfarming.htm
By:
Ismail AbdulAzeez,
The Managing Consultant,
The Thy Consulting.
Website: http://www.thethyconsulting.com
Tel: 01-7653994, 08023050835, 07033632285.
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