Snail

it will work in Nigeria.
<>THE SNAIL MARKET
If you rear snail in commercial quantity, Hotels,
fast food restaurants such as Genesis fast food,
The promise, Mr. Biggs, Tantalizers, etc will be
your regular customers. They will only need your
assurance of regular supply per week. There is
also good market for snail meat in the
international market if only you can do a good
packaging. You can make millions of naira from
this vast and inexhaustible market. Snail farmers
are making huge profit as the global demand for
the delicacy increases. In Nigeria the prices of
raw, matured snails goes for N250 to N600
Depending on the size. However, the annual
demand for snail in Nigeria is about 7.5million kg
annually. The international trade in snails is
flourishing in Europe and North America. The
United State America imports more than $4million
worth of snails annually from all over the world,
including Nigeria. France also requires about
15000 metric tons of the delicacy annually.
You now see that this is an opportunity for you to
get rich. You don’t have to go in search of Job
when you can conveniently make millions of naira
right at your backyard with little capital.
The snails reproduce rapidly. They are capable of
producing more than 300 eggs, which hatch into
snails. It is now possible to produce 1,000,000
snails worth more than N20 million twice a year.
This is made possible because of the availability
of very highly prolific ACHATINA ACHATINA
species of snails, which lay 200-400 in one batch
2-3 times a year.
Snail meat has been consumed by humans
worldwide since prehistoric times. It is high in
protein (12-16%) and irons (45-50 mg/kg), low in
fat, and contains almost all the amino acids
needed by humans. A recent study has shown
that the glandular substances in edible snail meat
could be of value in fighting a variety of ailments,
including whooping cough. Snails can also be
helpful to Asthmatic patients.