importance of snail farming

ADVANTAGES OF SNAIL FARMING

Snail shells serves as calcium used for animal feeds
Snail farming require little land or space.
Snail feeds are cheap and readily available
Snail farming in Nigeria is not capital intensive
Snail farming is easy to run
Snail doesn’t require too much attention like other agricultural practices making it easy to run part time
Snail farming requires little or no man power or labour
Snail farming doesn’t constitute nuisance to the environment which is usually the case for other livestock farming in terms of noise and animal waste
Quick growth, Snails are highly productive, can produce over 300 eggs at once
Snail meat is rich in protein, to its low level of cholesterol and fat.
Snail farming can easily be combined or incorporated with other farming practices
Snails are basically harmless creatures
Snail farming is a good source of income for the family.
Snails have Low mortality rate

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BENEFITS OF SNAIL FARMING

It’s easy to run
It is highly lucrative
It is environmental friendly
Snails are highly productive
Low in fat and cholesterol
Highly medicinal and used for health related products
Has traditional healing benefits
A good export opportunity
It contains iron, vitamin A, calcium, magnesium and has very low fat

EQUIPMENT AND TOOLS USED FOR SNAIL FARMING IN NIGERIA

Tank for water
Watering cans
Hand trowel
Rake
Shovel
Weighing scale (digital preferably)
Buckets
Feeders
Pipe or hose