Download or read book Snail Farming written by Paul Smith and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-25 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The breeding, raising and production of snails is known as Heliculture. Snails are useful for their meat as well as their shell and slimes which are harvested and crushed for pharmaceutical purposes and possibly for animal feed because it is a rich source of calcium needed by both human and animals. Snail farming is different from many other livestock farming, because it requires very little startup capital and low cost of operation and the risk involved is very minimal. Snail farming is very easy and this can even be carried out in part of your garden, side of the house and from the back of your house or any other available land.The simple guide provided in this book is all comprehensive and well detailed to guide you through snail farming.

Download or read book Raising Snails written by Rebecca Thompson and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Backyard Snail Farming For Beginners written by Uromijetu Temi and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-12 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snail Farming is a highly profitable business. The profit margin on snail farming is high, and it requires low capital investment. In the US, for example, snails can go for $50 a pound or two dollars a snail. Similarly, in the UK, snail meat is a delicacy amongst the African population, and prices can range from £1.5 to £2 per snail. Snails are easily exportable live, with a shelf life ranging from 2 to 6 months. Snail meat is high in protein and low in fat and is a recognized health food. Backyard Snail Farming For Beginners provides you a complete guide to Snail farming in your own backyard. Snail farming can be started with a relatively low capital compared to other forms of animal farming. It is a high profit yielding farming venture if it is professionally managed. Managing a snail farm is less stressful and relatively easy compared to the other sort of animal farming. Snails are extremely easy to handle and control as they are slow-moving creatures. Small land space is enough to rear thousands of snails. Therefore, anyone can rear snails in their home garden. Snail droppings are odourless, and snails are silent creatures. Therefore, they do not cause any disturbance to the environment like other farm animals. The feed given to the snails is cheap and grows locally. Snail meat has a market value locally and internationally. Snail meat has a market value locally and internationally

Download or read book Step By Step Guide on Successful Snail Farming written by Anthony Adefarakan and published by Anthony Adefarakan. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of farming or raising snails is scientifically referred to as Heliciculture. Snails are small soft animals, usually with a hard round shell on their back which move very slowly. Snail farming is considered a good venture around the world because snail is a cheap source of animal protein and the farming is also easy to set up. Although snails of different origins exist, in this handbook, one of the African giant land snails, Archachatina marginata will be our focus being one of the commonest. The Yoruba’s call it “Igbin Apinnu”; it is the biggest size, even as the adult weighs between 300 -700g. The fleshy part is dark brown and the shell is wider at the posterior end.

Download or read book Farming Snails written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Fao. This book was released on 1986 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd series FAO Economic and Social Development series No. 3/34

Download or read book Step By Step Guide on Successful Snail Farming written by Anthony O Adefarakan and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Raising Snails written by Tanya Dellaccio and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snails are known as one of the slowest animals on Earth. That doesn't stop people from raising them. Young readers will learn the ins and outs of raising snails in this guidebook, which features detailed, full-color photographs. The manageable text illustrates the basic life science concepts necessary to raise snails in a farm setting, and details the economic impact that snail farming has on our economy.

Download or read book Farming Snails written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Snail Farming in West Africa written by Joseph R. Cobbinah and published by . This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sustainable Agriculture in Print Current Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Texas Bug Book written by Howard Garrett and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2005-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The good, the bad, the ugly.

Download or read book Ecological Implications of Minilivestock written by M G Paoletti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-01-07 with total page 677 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides stimulating and timely suggestions about expanding the world food supply to include a variety of minilivestock. It suggests a wide variety of small animals as nutritious food. These animals include arthropods (insects, earthworms, snails, frogs), and various rodents. The major advantage of minilivestock is that they do not have t

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 1992 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safety Health and Welfare in Agriculture and Agro Food Systems written by Remigio Berruto and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Pests of the Garden and Small Farm written by Mary Louise Flint and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authoritative text enables readers to identify pests quickly and to prevent, correct, or live with most common pest problems. 250 color photos, 100 drawings.

Download or read book Snail Farming Risk Factors Diseases and Conservation Practice in the Humid Tropics written by Samuel Ekwu and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2017-04-10 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: 4.4, , course: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the various human and non-human factors endangering snail species' population, growth, development and reproduction both in the wild and under domestication; it also highlights the diseases affecting edible snails, conservation consciousness and preventive management practices to be adopted by snail farmers in West Africa in order to ensure the continued existence of these indigenous species with their enormous nutritional, health and economic benefit to mankind. In recent times, the wild snail species population in West Africa has witnessed a steady decline in its population and biodiversity attributed to the impact of human activities, predators, climatic factors and diseases. With the expected 30% rise in the world’s population from 7.03 billion in 2010 to 9.14 billion in 2030, adequate measures should be taken and adopted to ensure the continued existence of these economic snails biodiversity in the ecosystem. Some of the unsupported snail hunting and population depleting behaviours of the farmers in the region are highlighted and corrected.

Download or read book Livestock and Wealth Creation written by E. Owen and published by 5m Books Ltd. This book was released on 2020-11-22 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique report involving 105 contributors from 26 countries provides invaluable information concerning livestock keeping and poverty alleviation in developing countries.