Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Oct 25, 2012 9:42:32 GMT 1
1. Description of concept
Historically, biodiversity has often been considered synonymous with the diversity of species is also still used as an important indicator. However, we now recognize that much of the threat to biodiversity is related to the greater part of the world to the destruction or degradation of ecosystems and habitats they contain. This is why it is also important to take into account the status and trends of ecosystem integrity when considering threats to biodiversity. The areas affected by the project are mainly rural areas. Some villages have access to electricity. Most villages have decentralized administrative infrastructure, schools and health centers. Accessibility to the head of the commune is through rural roads that are heavily damaged during the rainy season. All damages have traditional chiefdoms. Also, there are leaders who are elected through recent and local elections. These chiefs are under the authority of the mayor. Natural resources available in the villages in the study area are the fertile soil, wildlife, wood works and drainage. Populations are principally engaged in agriculture. The main crops are maize, cassava and groundnuts. Farming, trade, fisheries and food transactions are secondary. Transactions take place on the market. Note that some operating collectors come to buy into the villages. Under these conditions, the collection of giant snails is a great way to solve the financial problems of rural households. Snail meat has been consumed by humans throughout the world since prehistoric times (Daguzan, 1993). It remains today a very popular meat (Thompson and Cheney, 2004, Codjia and Noumonvi, 2002, Daguzan 1993). The giant snail is very popular in Benin (Codjia and Noumonvi, 2002) and constitutes one of the main sources of protein and income for many households (and Codjia Noumonvi, 2002). It is appreciated for the flavor and quality of its meat. His flesh has excellent nutritional value. Its protein content is higher than 40% (Brescia et al., 2002) with almost all the amino acids needed by humans (Cobbinah, 1994). It is a good source of macronutrients (iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium ...) (Brescia et al., 2002). These features make snail’s meat asked in Africa, where 20 million people of which one third of preschool children suffer from malnutrition (FAO, 2000). However, the main source of snails in Africa remains the collection (and Koudande Ehouinsou, 1994 N'Da et al., 2004). The growing population for the meat faces significant reduction of natural stocks very threatened because of the high pressure pickup, the destruction of their habitat and use of pesticides (and Codjia Noumonvi, 2002 N'Da et al., 2004). Benin, due to recent outbreaks populations shows a clear trend towards new policy speculation, which have less risk as the snail meat. Finally, in the area of Cotonou, many hotel facilities and structures popular restaurant has developed over the past ten years increasing demand already quite high in animal products (meat of snails). All this shows that there is now an opportunity to grasp regarding the supply of hotel structures, popular restaurants and households in agricultural products in general and in particular snail breeding.. Also, it should be noted that snails fit perfectly in animal feeding other crops as an excellent source of protein. The project's overall goal is to contribute to the preservation of wild herd of giant snails of the genus Archachatina. It will specifically educate local people about the extermination of snails, provide training on livestock grazing snails on the kind Archachatina to collectors and finally set foot structure followed for the evaluation of experimental farms. The beneficiaries of this project are collectors snails and their households (about 750 people). They may indeed have throughout the year snails for sale and may thereby improve their income. The indirect beneficiaries are the various intermediaries involved in this trade. They may dispose of large quantities of snails without being forced to travel great distances. The number of intermediaries who will benefit from the production of experimental units that will be installed is 45.
The main activities:
OBJECTIVE 1: AWARENESS ON THE LOCAL POPULATION EXTERMINATION SNAILS OF THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT
ACTIVITY 1: Search the accession of administrative and traditional authorities through mass communication
ACTIVITY 2: organization of focus group interviews and structured and structured seedlings in each locality
ACTIVITY 3: Training schedule with each center responsible for communal agricultural promotion (CECPA) of Advisers Agricultural Production (CPA) in each municipality
OBJECTIVE 2: TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK GRAZING OF SNAILS OF THE GENUS ARCHACHATINA OF COLLECTORS AND ADVISOR TO THE MUNICIPAL CENTRES OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION (CECPA)
ACTIVITY 1: Preparation of the seminar for advisors
ACTIVITY 2: Conduct the seminar (2 days/village)
ACTIVITY 3: Preparation of training for collectors
ACTIVITY 4: Selection of learners
ACTIVITY 5: Conduct training for collectors (5 days per commune)
OBJECTIVE 3: MONITORING ORGANIZATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM
ACTIVITY 1: Implementation of team monitoring / evaluation by location: 5 members including 3 learners, advisor of village and a member of the NGO.
ACTIVITY 2: Training of members of the Monitoring Committee on the operation of their structure.
ACTIVITY 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of experimental units during the production cycle (9 months)
ACTIVITY 4: Installing a center broodstock
Quantified results: 100 farms installed. These 100 farms have at least one breeding farm. Annual production expected: 64x50x0.9 = 2880 snails. Production’s cost: 2880 x 150 FCFA 432,000 FCFA so 856.679 USD.
Labor: 10000 FCFA / month so 120,000 FCFA/year so 238.010 USD.
Used zinc plates: 12000 FCFA so 23.8028 USD
The cost of kaolin and eggshells are negligible 10000/year package so 19.8374 USD.
Profit: 292,000 FCFA so 579.205 USD was produced. 2880 wild snails were rescued by park.
The total budget is 54,009.221 USD.
1. General purpose and specific objectives
Contribute to the preservation of wild herd of African giant snails in the case Archachatina sp. by installation of a breeding program. On all farms that contributed to the project will install, 288,000 wild snails have been saved from the collection. These snails breeding sold 43.2 million FCFA s0 108,000 USD to bring their promoters. Thereby improving their income, so their standard of living. Finally advocacy work to stop the collection will contribute to the general awareness.
Description of activities
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 1: This phase will last 15 days. Through postings on rural media and other communication channels, all layers of the study areas will be informed of the project objectives. By means of interviews with various authorities of villages and towns, we are going to explain the ins and outs of the project.
ACTIVITY 2: This activity will take 12 working days. It will mainly consist of the conduct of a socio-economic survey of the sector snail as it is currently organized. Such a survey will have confirmed the information that we already had on trade in snails. The various tools used namely focus groups, semi-structured and structured maintains allow to have the information necessary to organize training and monitoring of experimental units. Indeed we accurately identify individuals wishing to install rearing pens.
ACTIVITY 3: The third activity will be conducted in concert with others. CECPA is the Government agency that deals with the promotion of agricultural production. For better monitoring we will organize a seminar for Advisers Animal Production (CPA) of different villages concerning the training to give collectors and the contours of the breeding technique. It is therefore necessary to adopt a calendar with different heads Communal CECPA so that we retain a weekend where a seminar will be organized with the intention of their CPA.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 1: It will last three days. Once the date is selected, phase information of the various agents involved will be organized.
ACTIVITY 2: It will be done in 3 weekends. In order not to disrupt the schedule of activities CECPA, the seminar will take place on weekends for each municipality in the study area.
ACTIVITY 3: It will last 07 days. Collectors identified during the second phase of the activity of the first specific objective will be prepared to take the training, and to install the experimental units.
ACTIVITY 4: It will last three days, during this phase, collectors undecided will be eliminated. Deductions will be those who demonstrate a genuine interest in the project.
ACTIVITY 5: It will last 20 days. The following table summarizes the information they are given.
Operation Frequency Details
Site preparation
'' Clearing the site; Disinfection with fire; Loosening the help of plowing and digging
Development of watering points and spawning
1 point for 6.25 m2 area point: 1 m2;
Place of available water troughs and feeders supplements rich in calcium
Fence with galvanized wire mesh or effective leakage protection device with the potential difference between the plate and the ground
Parks seeding density: 2 snails/m2, Install all parents the same night in groups of 5 or 6.
Water 1 times / day watering 1 time per day to keep the soil moist but not wet,
Complementation 1 times / day intake of calcium supplements (kaolin, egg shell flour)
Collection at the end of cycle 9 months not picking snails adults close to where drinkers are supposed to be laid eggs
All collection snails are collected once a month and put in an enclosure built for growth where drinkers are made accordingly
Livestock enemies: ants, rodents, birds, reptiles, mites. Controls: Disinfection of the plot before the installation of the Respect density, Making a crawlspace at the end of cycle
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 1: Implementation of team monitoring / evaluation by location: 5 members including 3 learners, CPA village and a member of the NGO.
ACTIVITY 2: Training of members of the Monitoring Committee on the operation of their structure. The members of the Committee shall be trained on the operation of their structure. This training will be held in common. They have essential role for monthly meetings that will serve as a forum for sharing problems and solutions that developers had to find. This will help prepare the generalization of the technology.
ACTIVITY 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of experimental units during the production cycle (9 months) It will last 9 months. Monitoring is necessary, at least during the first production cycle.
ACTIVITY 4: The center of broodstock, can provide medium-term stop spawning specimens of nature, and thus protect benefit giant snails of Africa.
The NGO has already begun a series of media campaign, including broadcast on Radio Immaculate Conception (national audience), it initiates the training for collectors snail.
Project outcomes
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: Membership of traditional authorities and frameworks written agreement of the municipality. Evaluation criteria: membership effective consent of the authorities and the authorities of the three municipalities.
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: Membership of at least 10 collectors participated in the project. Evaluation criteria: at least 10 collectors gave their written consent.
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: a schedule established. Evaluation Criteria: The dates and locations are selected.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: a timetable established Evaluation Criteria: The dates and locations are selected.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: The seminar was actually held. Evaluation Criteria: seminar report
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: at least 10 collectors are ready for training Evaluation criterion: the names and surnames of learners
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 4: Choice of learners RESULT 4 Evaluation criteria: the names and the names of the learners
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 5: RESULT 5 Conduct training for collectors Outcome: report of the training
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: 3 teams consisting Evaluation Criteria: names and surnames
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: Sequence Training Outcome: report of the training
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: 100 farms followed Outcome: Progress Report
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 4: RESULT 4: center broodstock installed. Endpoint: the address of the center
Project Justification
1.Contribution to the preservation of the global environment
Minilivestock is controlled and rational exploitation of wild animals such as snails, rodents such as cricétome or grasscutter, guinea pigs, frogs, worms compost. The achatiniculture is rearing giant African snails giant snails and Archachatines. It is for developing countries including Benin, a way to locally produce animal protein and mineral quality, usable in food and feed. Faced with the pressure of collection due to increasing demand, it is necessary to develop animal husbandry in order to preserve the resource overexploitation.
1.Contribution to capacity building
The NGO will increase their skills in project management development. People have more in operating their natural resources.
1.Contribution to local economic and social development
People can improve their income, standard of living of the farming operation of parks.
1.Involvement of communities and local authorities agree
This is a project that will be fully realized by the people they own. The agreement of the local authorities is not yet obtained.
1.Innovation and replicability of the project
The proposal offers an innovative approach to the extent that it helps fight against pickups snails in nature. If it is successful, it can spread to other places where gathering snail in nature is a commercial activity.
1.Sustainability of the project
At the end of the grant, the project will continue the work on the basis of dividends will accrue on the exploitation of livestock farms installed by leading producers. Training will now by producers themselves. Snail and the entire industry will undergo a major reorganization in the medium term.
Source: arc.peacecorpsconnect.org/view/2304
LEARN MORE ABOUT SNAIL FARMING IN NIGERIA @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARMS snailriches2.tripod.com
Historically, biodiversity has often been considered synonymous with the diversity of species is also still used as an important indicator. However, we now recognize that much of the threat to biodiversity is related to the greater part of the world to the destruction or degradation of ecosystems and habitats they contain. This is why it is also important to take into account the status and trends of ecosystem integrity when considering threats to biodiversity. The areas affected by the project are mainly rural areas. Some villages have access to electricity. Most villages have decentralized administrative infrastructure, schools and health centers. Accessibility to the head of the commune is through rural roads that are heavily damaged during the rainy season. All damages have traditional chiefdoms. Also, there are leaders who are elected through recent and local elections. These chiefs are under the authority of the mayor. Natural resources available in the villages in the study area are the fertile soil, wildlife, wood works and drainage. Populations are principally engaged in agriculture. The main crops are maize, cassava and groundnuts. Farming, trade, fisheries and food transactions are secondary. Transactions take place on the market. Note that some operating collectors come to buy into the villages. Under these conditions, the collection of giant snails is a great way to solve the financial problems of rural households. Snail meat has been consumed by humans throughout the world since prehistoric times (Daguzan, 1993). It remains today a very popular meat (Thompson and Cheney, 2004, Codjia and Noumonvi, 2002, Daguzan 1993). The giant snail is very popular in Benin (Codjia and Noumonvi, 2002) and constitutes one of the main sources of protein and income for many households (and Codjia Noumonvi, 2002). It is appreciated for the flavor and quality of its meat. His flesh has excellent nutritional value. Its protein content is higher than 40% (Brescia et al., 2002) with almost all the amino acids needed by humans (Cobbinah, 1994). It is a good source of macronutrients (iron, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium ...) (Brescia et al., 2002). These features make snail’s meat asked in Africa, where 20 million people of which one third of preschool children suffer from malnutrition (FAO, 2000). However, the main source of snails in Africa remains the collection (and Koudande Ehouinsou, 1994 N'Da et al., 2004). The growing population for the meat faces significant reduction of natural stocks very threatened because of the high pressure pickup, the destruction of their habitat and use of pesticides (and Codjia Noumonvi, 2002 N'Da et al., 2004). Benin, due to recent outbreaks populations shows a clear trend towards new policy speculation, which have less risk as the snail meat. Finally, in the area of Cotonou, many hotel facilities and structures popular restaurant has developed over the past ten years increasing demand already quite high in animal products (meat of snails). All this shows that there is now an opportunity to grasp regarding the supply of hotel structures, popular restaurants and households in agricultural products in general and in particular snail breeding.. Also, it should be noted that snails fit perfectly in animal feeding other crops as an excellent source of protein. The project's overall goal is to contribute to the preservation of wild herd of giant snails of the genus Archachatina. It will specifically educate local people about the extermination of snails, provide training on livestock grazing snails on the kind Archachatina to collectors and finally set foot structure followed for the evaluation of experimental farms. The beneficiaries of this project are collectors snails and their households (about 750 people). They may indeed have throughout the year snails for sale and may thereby improve their income. The indirect beneficiaries are the various intermediaries involved in this trade. They may dispose of large quantities of snails without being forced to travel great distances. The number of intermediaries who will benefit from the production of experimental units that will be installed is 45.
The main activities:
OBJECTIVE 1: AWARENESS ON THE LOCAL POPULATION EXTERMINATION SNAILS OF THEIR LIVING ENVIRONMENT
ACTIVITY 1: Search the accession of administrative and traditional authorities through mass communication
ACTIVITY 2: organization of focus group interviews and structured and structured seedlings in each locality
ACTIVITY 3: Training schedule with each center responsible for communal agricultural promotion (CECPA) of Advisers Agricultural Production (CPA) in each municipality
OBJECTIVE 2: TRAINING ON LIVESTOCK GRAZING OF SNAILS OF THE GENUS ARCHACHATINA OF COLLECTORS AND ADVISOR TO THE MUNICIPAL CENTRES OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PROMOTION (CECPA)
ACTIVITY 1: Preparation of the seminar for advisors
ACTIVITY 2: Conduct the seminar (2 days/village)
ACTIVITY 3: Preparation of training for collectors
ACTIVITY 4: Selection of learners
ACTIVITY 5: Conduct training for collectors (5 days per commune)
OBJECTIVE 3: MONITORING ORGANIZATION OF EXPERIMENTAL FARM
ACTIVITY 1: Implementation of team monitoring / evaluation by location: 5 members including 3 learners, advisor of village and a member of the NGO.
ACTIVITY 2: Training of members of the Monitoring Committee on the operation of their structure.
ACTIVITY 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of experimental units during the production cycle (9 months)
ACTIVITY 4: Installing a center broodstock
Quantified results: 100 farms installed. These 100 farms have at least one breeding farm. Annual production expected: 64x50x0.9 = 2880 snails. Production’s cost: 2880 x 150 FCFA 432,000 FCFA so 856.679 USD.
Labor: 10000 FCFA / month so 120,000 FCFA/year so 238.010 USD.
Used zinc plates: 12000 FCFA so 23.8028 USD
The cost of kaolin and eggshells are negligible 10000/year package so 19.8374 USD.
Profit: 292,000 FCFA so 579.205 USD was produced. 2880 wild snails were rescued by park.
The total budget is 54,009.221 USD.
1. General purpose and specific objectives
Contribute to the preservation of wild herd of African giant snails in the case Archachatina sp. by installation of a breeding program. On all farms that contributed to the project will install, 288,000 wild snails have been saved from the collection. These snails breeding sold 43.2 million FCFA s0 108,000 USD to bring their promoters. Thereby improving their income, so their standard of living. Finally advocacy work to stop the collection will contribute to the general awareness.
Description of activities
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 1: This phase will last 15 days. Through postings on rural media and other communication channels, all layers of the study areas will be informed of the project objectives. By means of interviews with various authorities of villages and towns, we are going to explain the ins and outs of the project.
ACTIVITY 2: This activity will take 12 working days. It will mainly consist of the conduct of a socio-economic survey of the sector snail as it is currently organized. Such a survey will have confirmed the information that we already had on trade in snails. The various tools used namely focus groups, semi-structured and structured maintains allow to have the information necessary to organize training and monitoring of experimental units. Indeed we accurately identify individuals wishing to install rearing pens.
ACTIVITY 3: The third activity will be conducted in concert with others. CECPA is the Government agency that deals with the promotion of agricultural production. For better monitoring we will organize a seminar for Advisers Animal Production (CPA) of different villages concerning the training to give collectors and the contours of the breeding technique. It is therefore necessary to adopt a calendar with different heads Communal CECPA so that we retain a weekend where a seminar will be organized with the intention of their CPA.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 1: It will last three days. Once the date is selected, phase information of the various agents involved will be organized.
ACTIVITY 2: It will be done in 3 weekends. In order not to disrupt the schedule of activities CECPA, the seminar will take place on weekends for each municipality in the study area.
ACTIVITY 3: It will last 07 days. Collectors identified during the second phase of the activity of the first specific objective will be prepared to take the training, and to install the experimental units.
ACTIVITY 4: It will last three days, during this phase, collectors undecided will be eliminated. Deductions will be those who demonstrate a genuine interest in the project.
ACTIVITY 5: It will last 20 days. The following table summarizes the information they are given.
Operation Frequency Details
Site preparation
'' Clearing the site; Disinfection with fire; Loosening the help of plowing and digging
Development of watering points and spawning
1 point for 6.25 m2 area point: 1 m2;
Place of available water troughs and feeders supplements rich in calcium
Fence with galvanized wire mesh or effective leakage protection device with the potential difference between the plate and the ground
Parks seeding density: 2 snails/m2, Install all parents the same night in groups of 5 or 6.
Water 1 times / day watering 1 time per day to keep the soil moist but not wet,
Complementation 1 times / day intake of calcium supplements (kaolin, egg shell flour)
Collection at the end of cycle 9 months not picking snails adults close to where drinkers are supposed to be laid eggs
All collection snails are collected once a month and put in an enclosure built for growth where drinkers are made accordingly
Livestock enemies: ants, rodents, birds, reptiles, mites. Controls: Disinfection of the plot before the installation of the Respect density, Making a crawlspace at the end of cycle
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 1: Implementation of team monitoring / evaluation by location: 5 members including 3 learners, CPA village and a member of the NGO.
ACTIVITY 2: Training of members of the Monitoring Committee on the operation of their structure. The members of the Committee shall be trained on the operation of their structure. This training will be held in common. They have essential role for monthly meetings that will serve as a forum for sharing problems and solutions that developers had to find. This will help prepare the generalization of the technology.
ACTIVITY 3: Monitoring and Evaluation of experimental units during the production cycle (9 months) It will last 9 months. Monitoring is necessary, at least during the first production cycle.
ACTIVITY 4: The center of broodstock, can provide medium-term stop spawning specimens of nature, and thus protect benefit giant snails of Africa.
The NGO has already begun a series of media campaign, including broadcast on Radio Immaculate Conception (national audience), it initiates the training for collectors snail.
Project outcomes
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: Membership of traditional authorities and frameworks written agreement of the municipality. Evaluation criteria: membership effective consent of the authorities and the authorities of the three municipalities.
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: Membership of at least 10 collectors participated in the project. Evaluation criteria: at least 10 collectors gave their written consent.
OBJECTIVE 1: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: a schedule established. Evaluation Criteria: The dates and locations are selected.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: a timetable established Evaluation Criteria: The dates and locations are selected.
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: The seminar was actually held. Evaluation Criteria: seminar report
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: at least 10 collectors are ready for training Evaluation criterion: the names and surnames of learners
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 4: Choice of learners RESULT 4 Evaluation criteria: the names and the names of the learners
OBJECTIVE 2: ACTIVITY 5: RESULT 5 Conduct training for collectors Outcome: report of the training
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 1: RESULT 1: 3 teams consisting Evaluation Criteria: names and surnames
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 2: RESULT 2: Sequence Training Outcome: report of the training
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 3: RESULT 3: 100 farms followed Outcome: Progress Report
OBJECTIVE 3: ACTIVITY 4: RESULT 4: center broodstock installed. Endpoint: the address of the center
Project Justification
1.Contribution to the preservation of the global environment
Minilivestock is controlled and rational exploitation of wild animals such as snails, rodents such as cricétome or grasscutter, guinea pigs, frogs, worms compost. The achatiniculture is rearing giant African snails giant snails and Archachatines. It is for developing countries including Benin, a way to locally produce animal protein and mineral quality, usable in food and feed. Faced with the pressure of collection due to increasing demand, it is necessary to develop animal husbandry in order to preserve the resource overexploitation.
1.Contribution to capacity building
The NGO will increase their skills in project management development. People have more in operating their natural resources.
1.Contribution to local economic and social development
People can improve their income, standard of living of the farming operation of parks.
1.Involvement of communities and local authorities agree
This is a project that will be fully realized by the people they own. The agreement of the local authorities is not yet obtained.
1.Innovation and replicability of the project
The proposal offers an innovative approach to the extent that it helps fight against pickups snails in nature. If it is successful, it can spread to other places where gathering snail in nature is a commercial activity.
1.Sustainability of the project
At the end of the grant, the project will continue the work on the basis of dividends will accrue on the exploitation of livestock farms installed by leading producers. Training will now by producers themselves. Snail and the entire industry will undergo a major reorganization in the medium term.
Source: arc.peacecorpsconnect.org/view/2304
LEARN MORE ABOUT SNAIL FARMING IN NIGERIA @ THE THY SNAIL & GRASSCUTTER FARMS snailriches2.tripod.com
