Post by Ismail AbdulAzeez on Aug 12, 2012 16:12:50 GMT 1
In the past years, interest in snail farming has been linked to a network of disease transmission. But nowadays, the trend to keep snails, for study, to rear, is on the increase. The understanding of the concept of snails is an important work with them.
It will not be an exaggeration to tell you that you can make a 100% profits returns on snail farming by converting a portion of land to a snail farming , this was observe through a reputable snail farmer .The practice is three in one, which involves , production of snails with vegetables and other kinds of fruit the snails may eat.
When I was still young, I can still remember that my mum was a snail dealer, we did not own a snail farm anyway. My father happens to be a chef-De-cuisine in a big hotel while my mother is a supplier of snails in the hotel. She used to buy the snails at one big local market around the city from some snail farmers over there. I am still smart from the memories of those good old days, I and my siblings use to engage in helping mum to select into different categories in largeness of the snails, we sometimes wash them after selection. I know how mum use to talk about how profitable it was then and always taking on getting a land around the city and possibly setting up of snail farming .My dad also shares the notion with her too.
Growing up, I heard of various seminars and workshop that organized training and lectures on potential snails' farmers. And since I heard a little sting with snails during my toddler years, I decides to attend one of the seminars to get to know more about the potential profit of setting up the snail rearing farm.. I attended the seminar, met with the facilitators, established snail farmer and potential snail farmer like me. I got the handout and tutorials on cd and I was able to share experience with the people that I met there. I also visited the snail farm of one the facilitators and saw how the thing is been managed. I got to know some things about their feeds, reproduction, nursery, outdoor pens and hibernation.
The snail farming is a business anybody can manage, men women, children and the aged. It has economic values; I mean it is a source of cash. There will not be any regret if there is adequate knowledge and good maintenance. The income potential is vast as you will be able to make money from the snails, make money from plants which serves as shelter for the snails and also from the foods.
The commercial scale snail farming is a good way of making money. A way of providing job opportunity for the youths, men, women and aged and even the employed one with part time job offers. A nation practicing snail farming in the commercial scale provides an avenue to make money to supplement the budget, creation of job opportunity and generation of foreign exchange.
To start the business, you may require less than $250, though this depends on the space of the land you have acquired. In construction of a pen, that will stand a taste of time, you may need rod, sand, cement and blocks. Some people tend to use woods and in some cases bamboo, but after one of two farming season, that will be damage by rain and there will be need for repair and reconstruction again. This could be at the detriment of the profitability of the scheme. But the cement, galvanized wire and rods can last for a very long time, I means several years. And this is inevitable as we are talking on embarking on commercial scale farming and not local and domestic way.
One can make money from the appreciation in the size of the snails. Take for instance if you buy one snail for $1 , I put it in the farm rear it for 3 months and it grows, you can still sell it for $1.5 or $2. In addition to that it will lay egg for you, this makes possible for you to make money from the appreciation of the snails and the egg it laid.
Feeding; The snails are best with dry meals. The feed is more efficacious and hygienic.
Nursery; The young snails also undergo nursery. The cages with well moistened soils may be stocked with less than 2600 young snails per meter square. But three to four later, the young snails may be brought outdoor.
Reproduction; a typical breeding snail are usually put in cage at density of 250 pet-it - Gris per meter square, this will be done with food and water and pot of filled soil. The snails are hermaphrodites, but they will need to mate before laying in some days later.
Gathering; Some pet it - Gris normally reach their adulthood 11 to 13 weeks after they have been hatched. A lip has will formed on the shell 14 to 16 weeks for Gros- Gris. Some days later, handpicking of them can be done.
Hibernation; It is only intending future breeders that are placed in hibernation. This is a woody boxes, it is well dried and not dusty.
Furthermore, you can also earn money from the vegetable and fruits you planted in the farm to shelter the snails. They fruits and vegetable do not only act as a shelter for the snail but the snails also feeds on them too. There are various methods of farming snails, especially on the small and domestic scale, like using basket, clay pot and so on. But this local method and can barely make a produce sufficient for the consumption of the family.
But using the modern day technology, you can practice snail farming on one plot, 2 plots, acres and even many acres of land. This depends of your resources and capability. It is highly recommended that you adopt 100 percent. You are required to acquire some practical knowledge before you venture into the business. This is because the venture is knowledge base. If you do not have the knowledge and the skills, you may not be able to far in it, and if you wrong principle, it may all end in shamble.
I have mixed with snail farmers and some researchers too. I have gotten to know how practical the venture is. So I will advise those who have lands to do something on it, irrespective of the size of the land, small or big, large or short. It is important to invest on the land rather than allowing it to lie fallow and useless. Land is an asset which should not be allowed to waste away with time, anybody with land should try to start snail farming on it. Given my experience, I will strongly advise people that are interested in the business to start up immediately. This is a venture that investor can not regret.
Source: voices.yahoo.com/how-rear-snails-profits-11555922.html
It will not be an exaggeration to tell you that you can make a 100% profits returns on snail farming by converting a portion of land to a snail farming , this was observe through a reputable snail farmer .The practice is three in one, which involves , production of snails with vegetables and other kinds of fruit the snails may eat.
When I was still young, I can still remember that my mum was a snail dealer, we did not own a snail farm anyway. My father happens to be a chef-De-cuisine in a big hotel while my mother is a supplier of snails in the hotel. She used to buy the snails at one big local market around the city from some snail farmers over there. I am still smart from the memories of those good old days, I and my siblings use to engage in helping mum to select into different categories in largeness of the snails, we sometimes wash them after selection. I know how mum use to talk about how profitable it was then and always taking on getting a land around the city and possibly setting up of snail farming .My dad also shares the notion with her too.
Growing up, I heard of various seminars and workshop that organized training and lectures on potential snails' farmers. And since I heard a little sting with snails during my toddler years, I decides to attend one of the seminars to get to know more about the potential profit of setting up the snail rearing farm.. I attended the seminar, met with the facilitators, established snail farmer and potential snail farmer like me. I got the handout and tutorials on cd and I was able to share experience with the people that I met there. I also visited the snail farm of one the facilitators and saw how the thing is been managed. I got to know some things about their feeds, reproduction, nursery, outdoor pens and hibernation.
The snail farming is a business anybody can manage, men women, children and the aged. It has economic values; I mean it is a source of cash. There will not be any regret if there is adequate knowledge and good maintenance. The income potential is vast as you will be able to make money from the snails, make money from plants which serves as shelter for the snails and also from the foods.
The commercial scale snail farming is a good way of making money. A way of providing job opportunity for the youths, men, women and aged and even the employed one with part time job offers. A nation practicing snail farming in the commercial scale provides an avenue to make money to supplement the budget, creation of job opportunity and generation of foreign exchange.
To start the business, you may require less than $250, though this depends on the space of the land you have acquired. In construction of a pen, that will stand a taste of time, you may need rod, sand, cement and blocks. Some people tend to use woods and in some cases bamboo, but after one of two farming season, that will be damage by rain and there will be need for repair and reconstruction again. This could be at the detriment of the profitability of the scheme. But the cement, galvanized wire and rods can last for a very long time, I means several years. And this is inevitable as we are talking on embarking on commercial scale farming and not local and domestic way.
One can make money from the appreciation in the size of the snails. Take for instance if you buy one snail for $1 , I put it in the farm rear it for 3 months and it grows, you can still sell it for $1.5 or $2. In addition to that it will lay egg for you, this makes possible for you to make money from the appreciation of the snails and the egg it laid.
Feeding; The snails are best with dry meals. The feed is more efficacious and hygienic.
Nursery; The young snails also undergo nursery. The cages with well moistened soils may be stocked with less than 2600 young snails per meter square. But three to four later, the young snails may be brought outdoor.
Reproduction; a typical breeding snail are usually put in cage at density of 250 pet-it - Gris per meter square, this will be done with food and water and pot of filled soil. The snails are hermaphrodites, but they will need to mate before laying in some days later.
Gathering; Some pet it - Gris normally reach their adulthood 11 to 13 weeks after they have been hatched. A lip has will formed on the shell 14 to 16 weeks for Gros- Gris. Some days later, handpicking of them can be done.
Hibernation; It is only intending future breeders that are placed in hibernation. This is a woody boxes, it is well dried and not dusty.
Furthermore, you can also earn money from the vegetable and fruits you planted in the farm to shelter the snails. They fruits and vegetable do not only act as a shelter for the snail but the snails also feeds on them too. There are various methods of farming snails, especially on the small and domestic scale, like using basket, clay pot and so on. But this local method and can barely make a produce sufficient for the consumption of the family.
But using the modern day technology, you can practice snail farming on one plot, 2 plots, acres and even many acres of land. This depends of your resources and capability. It is highly recommended that you adopt 100 percent. You are required to acquire some practical knowledge before you venture into the business. This is because the venture is knowledge base. If you do not have the knowledge and the skills, you may not be able to far in it, and if you wrong principle, it may all end in shamble.
I have mixed with snail farmers and some researchers too. I have gotten to know how practical the venture is. So I will advise those who have lands to do something on it, irrespective of the size of the land, small or big, large or short. It is important to invest on the land rather than allowing it to lie fallow and useless. Land is an asset which should not be allowed to waste away with time, anybody with land should try to start snail farming on it. Given my experience, I will strongly advise people that are interested in the business to start up immediately. This is a venture that investor can not regret.
Source: voices.yahoo.com/how-rear-snails-profits-11555922.html