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SNAIL FARMING BUSINESS PLAN

Establishing myself as a snail retailer, I'm surely on the way to immense wealth.

Snail rearing is an effortless task, as it requires less expenditure on food and shelter. They reproduce at a faster rate and the Nigerian markets are always willing to pay for them.


Most Suitable Snail for Rearing in Africa

1. Achatina fulica – The East African land snail, or giant African land snail.

2. Achatina Achatina – Achatina Achatina, commonly named the giant Ghana snail.

3. Archachatina Marginata – Archachatina marginata, commonly named the giant West African snail.

Among these three species, Achatina Achatina is the most desirable for farmers because it grows so big to become the biggest snail species in the world. Achatina Achatina has its origin from Nigeria, get to Liberia from Nigeria and then Ghana.
Achatina-Achatina is very good for commercialization as well, because of its profitability. This is because of the volume of eggs it lays at once. Each achatina lays 300 to 500 eggs at a time in clutches, three times a year.

Therefore, if I start a farm with about 500 snails, in one year I would be getting about 700,000 snails going by the number of eggs they produces.


Soil for Snail Farm:

The most desirable soil for snail is sandy-loamy soil with low water holding capacity. Clayey soil and acidic soil must be avoided.
I can get sandy-loamy soil within my environs.

Getting the Snails for Farming:

If i eventually gets the capital, I will buy some parent snails (about 400 snails).

As an intending Snail farmer, I could pick some snails from the bush with a very simple technique; clear a little portion of land during rainy season and sprinkle spicy fruits like pineapple, pawpaw, plantain, banana etc at about 5pm in the evening, when I go back there about 7pm or 8pm, I will pick up snails suitable for rearing. With this I can increase my snail farms together with snails I will buy due to the extent of the business capital.
I will repeat the procedure until I get enough quantity.

From my experience at home, we normally get snails in the bush with the above technique for cooking.

The Snail House (Snailery):

With my backyard, I think I have enough space to rear snail farms.

I can construct a manageable pen at my backyard with a token (N12,000).

Snaileries can vary from a patch of fence-protected ground, sheltered from the wind to a covered box if you are breeding in small scale.
Wire is useful in keeping away rats and snakes
or other predators from eating the snails in your snail farm.

Feeding:

This is the single most important factor in snail farming. Snails are easy to feed, they will feed on nearly every organic food source that is non-toxic, not hairy/waxy including leaves, fruits, vegetables, tubers and household wastes (that contain no Table Salt (NaCl).
Common food sources include fruits and veggies like banana, melon, cabbage, carrot, pawpaw, cucumber, potato, pumpkin, plantain etc. It will not cost me much to get because I will be buying some from time to time and as well get some in our farm garden.

Some people formulate special feeds for snails but you have to outweigh the cons with the pro. Why buy when you can have it all natural and next to free?
Think of cheaper sources! Fruit markets, gardens and even the bush behind your house.

Snail farming in Nigeria requires small capital and the running cost is very low, hence their feeds are very local.

Working Cost:

a. Construction of Snail pen = N12,000

b. Buying of some matured snails (400 snails)
= N25 per snail from the local sellers
i.e. N25 x 400 snails = N10,000

c. The remaining balance (N8,000) will be use for feeding & Maintainance till I havest and sell out out some snails. The production cycle continues...

Total cost:

N12,000 + N10,000 + N8,000 = N30,000

Profits:

If my start up capital is N30,000 I can generate more than N500,000 in one year.

Imagine harvesting one hundred thousand snails after a year or two and you sold it at a highly reduced price of N50 each, that will give you enough money! (do the calculations).

Wow! Isn’t that a good investment?

I will love to start this business soon.

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