14 Snail farming

Snail meat has been severally affirmed as a very safe and nutritious delicacy. The best period to commence snail farming is the rainy season, you can start with about 50 – 60 snails to have a good knowledge of how snail breeding works. Make sure you go for fully matured and big snails; the African giant snails are recommended. You can get these snails from the market throughout the country, or from snail farmers. Snails are sold in bunches of 20 pieces each and price depends on the size- the bigger ones are sold for between N1, 800 – N3, 000 per bunch. It is better to buy the big ones because they can hatch after about 35 days on location. About N10, 000 should get a new entrant started in the business.