Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Sept 14, 2017 22:22:29 GMT 1
ESSENTIAL TIPS:
*You can start with little amount of money
*Ensure your customer’s satisfaction becomes your topmost priority
*Prompt and save delivery must not be compromised
*Acquire good power generating set/s
*Engage the services of competent hands where and when necessary
I started Snail farming business some years back after I made up my mind to be self-employed rather than seeking employment as an accountant. It is a very lucrative business with sure returns of investments but yet it is one of the neglected farming businesses in Nigeria. Although snail farming provides a good opportunity to make money within a short period of time, many Nigerians are yet to embrace it due to their ignorance.
Whereas many Nigerian farmers are still skeptical about tapping into this second to none profit-oriented business where you can never go bankrupt, yet very few are recording substancial profits from the same business, as it provides opportunities to many breeders, sellers and exporters.
As a matter of fact, I started the business by the process of hand-picking in the bush during the raining season, not knowing that it could be domesticated, reared and sold as a full time business which I fully engaged in today.
Many farmers have ventured into the business of Snail farming in the past but because of their lack or inadequate know-how, they went bankrupt and are scared to come back into same business.
If professionally handled snail farming is a potentially money making business, therefore, our youths have no reason to be wallowing in hunger and poverty.
Yes, a few numbers of untrained Nigerians may be rushing to farming, but still majority of them still neglect this aspect of animal rearing which incidentally happens to be the best form of farming that requires lowest start-up capital and stress but brings a great Returns on Investments (RON).
I’ve always encouraged my students at seminars like this that even if you have failed in all businesses, try snail farming and you will discover that snail farming can be more greener. I would therefore encourage any of you in search of corporate employment to tarry a bit and venture into snail farming where there is sure good proceeds.
Before I go into the ways by which you can make money from snail farming, you must primarily understand why you must engage in snail farming by learning about the real reasons snail farmers will not stop doing the business.
Commercial Snails Farming: The most commercially suitable Snail species for rearing in Nigeria are: Achatina Fulica, Achatina Achatina and the Archachatina Marginata but we normally recommend Achatina Marginata because of its favourable historic market acceptability and high demand in Nigeria.
Why start snail farming now?
Snail farming business is not presently saturated like other farming, therefore engaging in it means you are helping to protect the extinction of the animal from our environment.
Hatchlings of Achatina Fulica:
Starting a snail farming business requires only a small area of land to start with. You from your small apartment/compound as it is easy to combine with other normal schedule of activities and can easily be managed even by women and children if they are trained adequately.
Snails are a good source of protein, very popular among weight watchers because they are extremely low in calories and fat. Snail consumption is very beneficial to people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, cancer and people trying to recover from an injury.
Feeds for snails are readily available and you can even produce it yourself as snails feed on waste.
Interestingly, snails are in high demand in places like hotels, restaurants, etc. Their feeding materials are cheap and can be sourced locally.
Achatina Fulica (edible snails) are available all year round especially during raining season. The demand always surpasses supply in the rainy season, let alone in the dry season.
Because snails have the capacity to reproduce prolifically, they belong to the hermaphrodites family of the animal kingdom (having male and female organs).
*You can start with little amount of money
*Ensure your customer’s satisfaction becomes your topmost priority
*Prompt and save delivery must not be compromised
*Acquire good power generating set/s
*Engage the services of competent hands where and when necessary
I started Snail farming business some years back after I made up my mind to be self-employed rather than seeking employment as an accountant. It is a very lucrative business with sure returns of investments but yet it is one of the neglected farming businesses in Nigeria. Although snail farming provides a good opportunity to make money within a short period of time, many Nigerians are yet to embrace it due to their ignorance.
Whereas many Nigerian farmers are still skeptical about tapping into this second to none profit-oriented business where you can never go bankrupt, yet very few are recording substancial profits from the same business, as it provides opportunities to many breeders, sellers and exporters.
As a matter of fact, I started the business by the process of hand-picking in the bush during the raining season, not knowing that it could be domesticated, reared and sold as a full time business which I fully engaged in today.
Many farmers have ventured into the business of Snail farming in the past but because of their lack or inadequate know-how, they went bankrupt and are scared to come back into same business.
If professionally handled snail farming is a potentially money making business, therefore, our youths have no reason to be wallowing in hunger and poverty.
Yes, a few numbers of untrained Nigerians may be rushing to farming, but still majority of them still neglect this aspect of animal rearing which incidentally happens to be the best form of farming that requires lowest start-up capital and stress but brings a great Returns on Investments (RON).
I’ve always encouraged my students at seminars like this that even if you have failed in all businesses, try snail farming and you will discover that snail farming can be more greener. I would therefore encourage any of you in search of corporate employment to tarry a bit and venture into snail farming where there is sure good proceeds.
Before I go into the ways by which you can make money from snail farming, you must primarily understand why you must engage in snail farming by learning about the real reasons snail farmers will not stop doing the business.
Commercial Snails Farming: The most commercially suitable Snail species for rearing in Nigeria are: Achatina Fulica, Achatina Achatina and the Archachatina Marginata but we normally recommend Achatina Marginata because of its favourable historic market acceptability and high demand in Nigeria.
Why start snail farming now?
Snail farming business is not presently saturated like other farming, therefore engaging in it means you are helping to protect the extinction of the animal from our environment.
Hatchlings of Achatina Fulica:
Starting a snail farming business requires only a small area of land to start with. You from your small apartment/compound as it is easy to combine with other normal schedule of activities and can easily be managed even by women and children if they are trained adequately.
Snails are a good source of protein, very popular among weight watchers because they are extremely low in calories and fat. Snail consumption is very beneficial to people suffering from cardiovascular diseases, cancer and people trying to recover from an injury.
Feeds for snails are readily available and you can even produce it yourself as snails feed on waste.
Interestingly, snails are in high demand in places like hotels, restaurants, etc. Their feeding materials are cheap and can be sourced locally.
Achatina Fulica (edible snails) are available all year round especially during raining season. The demand always surpasses supply in the rainy season, let alone in the dry season.
Because snails have the capacity to reproduce prolifically, they belong to the hermaphrodites family of the animal kingdom (having male and female organs).
