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Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by chiblaze07(m): 12:02am On Apr 27, 2017 |
Snail farming business is a goldmine for steady stream of income, but way too many of us have not discovered how profitable this slow-moving creature can be to its farmer. Snail Farming is Lucrative only if you have the right knowledge to succeed in the business. After reading this post, you will have enough knowledge on how to start snail farming business. As our population becomes more interested in healthier living, snails have been found to fill in perfectly as a nutritional favorite. Snails contain almost all the amino acids needed by the body and most of its by-products are used for cosmetics and medicines. The low-fat content and low cholesterol level of snails, make snail meat a good antidote for cardio vascular disease such as hypertension, cardiac arrest, and stroke. Apart from the great taste and health benefits of snails, many people like to keep them for keepsakes as pets. Snail shells could also be used for ornamental purposes or grinded and used to replace bone meal and oyster shell in animal and livestock feed. The same snails that some people raise or gather as food are also agricultural pests that cause considerable crop damage. For this reason, countries like USA and Australia have banned the importation of live snails. However, snails can be processed and exported to European countries or to North America, especially to the USA, which imports hundreds of millions of US dollars’ worth of snail meat annually. Other important markets are Switzerland, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Sweden, Austria, and Netherlands. To export snails, you need to obtain export license from your country. If you are interested, you could read up How To Obtain Export License For Agricultural Products In Nigeria. What Snails are suitable for Snail Farming? Achatina is a genus of medium-sized to very large, air-breathing, tropical land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Achatinidae. There are a lot of species of Achatinidae in Sub-Saharan Africa. Some species are kept for tourist attraction due to their size and colourful shells. For the purposes of snail farming however, we will concern ourselves with only the three species of that genus that is commercially viable, marketable, and of course profitable. They are Achatina achatina, Achatina marginata and finally, Achatina fulica. Factors to Consider When Starting a Snail Farm Site Selection Climatic factors Housing (snailery) Where to get snails Feeds and snail feeding Harvesting Pests and diseases When to start snail farming Initial capital outlay http://www.agro4africa.com/animal/snail-farming/snail-farming-business/ |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by chiblaze07(m): 12:51am On May 12, 2017 |
chiblaze07: You can also read HOW TO CONSTRUCT A SNAIL HOUSE HERE |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by Wohlers: 8:10am On Jun 03, 2017 |
Hello, hope this is the right forum for my question. I need 30-50 shells (no snails) from younger achatina (species that are used for breeding) for a small exhibition here in Germany about snail farming in Nigeria. So, no fully grown, I have those, but from younger achatina, to show how they grow/how the snail becomes bigger (30-50 shells in different sizes). Anybody there who can sell me those and ship them securely packed to my address in Germany? I offer to pay 50 Euro plus shipping costs. |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by nams77: 8:19am On Jun 03, 2017 |
Wohlers:OK. Will get to that. Can you give a specific size, say in centimeters/inches? Quote me in your response |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by Wohlers: 9:39am On Jun 06, 2017 |
The size of the shells would need to be of young snails. Not sure, but I would guess from something like 1-2cm to 8-10cm? As I wrote I can get adult snail shells from Achatinae here in Germany but not the smaller shells. 30-50 of those smaller ones (different sizes) is what I am looking for. nams77: |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by boygeorge: 2:32pm On Jun 06, 2017 |
Hello, pls i wish to start a small snail farm. Can anyone supply me with the baby snails and a brief tutorial on how to construct the pen, type of soil to be used, type of food, drugs etc. Please i am based in Abuja. I'm looking at an initial small seed capital of ten thousand naira. 08060661311. Thank you all. |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by Wohlers: 4:04pm On Jun 08, 2017 |
various sizes, let´s say from 2-3 to 10-12cm. Does that help? nams77: |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by lordhugo(m): 4:18pm On Jun 08, 2017 |
Wohlers: Hello Sir, I can help you with that order fairly easy. Send me a mail at farmingenquiries@gmail.com. I process snails so I happen to have a lotta shells though we crack them open. I can help you select 50 unbroken shells. Do do mind if the shells are scarred naturally or you want "perfect" shells. Hugo. |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by nams77: 5:16pm On Jun 12, 2017 |
Wohlers:Pls PM me if you still interested. Been away for a while |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by chiblaze07(m): 12:55pm On Feb 14, 2018 |
chiblaze07: I still find this article to be very relevant till date. |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by chiblaze07(m): 6:30am On Mar 20, 2019 |
Re: Updated - How To Start Snail Farming Business by chiblaze07(m): 10:32am On May 21, 2019 |
Have you started your snail farming business yet? boygeorge: |
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