Looking for a long term profitable investment in Agric to venture into? Consider snail farming.
For the next 30 days, I'm committed to sharing step-by-step tips & insights on how to operate a profitable snail farm in Nigeria; Pitfalls, the hard lessons and sustainable models that
Most farms are located in remote areas and the cost of generating power is burdensome.
Thus,there's a need for farms to be self sustainable, reduce overhead cost & drive profitability.
My team recently installed a biogas plant on a poultry farm in Bayelsa and it's interesting one
It's quite an interesting experience for me to see biological farm wastes being converted to useful wealth to drive farm profitability.
Thanks for coming to my pep talk.
If you know any livestock farmer, do tag them and let's convert more wastes to wealth.
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Overtime, I've discovered there's a wide gap between research works done in the lab and the obtainable results on the practical field.
After spending most of my life savings researching about snails over the last 9 years, I feel quite enthusiastic opening up how well it...
For the past 5 yrs,Morocco have been the largest producer of snails in the global market with an avg annual churn of 15k tonnes (some $12m revenue)
With Nigeria's vast land mass and thick forests; we can make global impact together.
I have some deep secrets to unveil.
Stay tune!
Excreta produced from livestock farm - Poultry, Piggery, Cattle etc can be converted into a clean eco-friendly (Bio)gas to power the farm and liquid fertilizer for crop production.
It's okay to take a break, rest and even cry when life hit you much more than you can carry but don't get overwhelmed to the stage of commiting suicide.
In 2021, my Agric company
@NGsnails
was hit by insecurity, 2 of my team members were kidnapped and we had to raise money while
Snail farming is profitable but it's a slow-and-steady progress. If you are in a hurry to recoup your profit please go & trade Bitcoin or forex. 😄
You can't start snails with tyres, buckets, wooden pens and be expecting instant profits please!
We call such models PILOT test.
To be successful in snail farming, here are your top 5 ingredients:
1. Seek Knowledge - There's more to snail farming beyond the FREE information littered on the internet. The vital ones are hidden and can only be harnessed via PAID practical knowledge. Offer to
The gas produced can be self-consumed by the farm; to power generator which can inturn power other farm electrical gadgets, irrigation, lightning etc. It can also be used to power brooding lamps in poultry farms and ventilators in dairy farm.
@walebalogunk
@MimieLaushi
See ehn? Anytime we burn stuffs, there's a release of toxic substances called Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon.
That's what gives roasted food that "taste".
My team is tirelessly working on producing a clean energy source for cooking and grilling from Agric wastes.
-BRIQUETTES!
Invariably, the gas can be stored in gas cylinders and can be commercialized but it cost a handful to install a gas compressor for retailing purposes. Much more reason I advocate for the self-sustainability before switching to retailing the biogas.
Just before you start your snail farm; gather a lot of DATA and ask valuable questions.
1. Know your market - Don't start a snail farm without having a good picture of WHO you want to sell to. Different target market eats different sizes of snail.
- Caterers need small sizes for
When I transitioned from fish to snail farming, my friends bored me with lectures on how SNAILS ARE SLOW.
In 2017, I got the result I wanted; snails fed with high crude protein food grows their meat faster.
I'll be sharing a handful of such crops just stay with me and RT.
Ask any farmer, waste management is quite stressful. Aside from the pollution it cause, it mess up the farm aesthetics too.
Our ability to recycle our wastes back to wealth is a better way to drive farm profits.
This is so true!
I saw it firsthand with snails.
Any weak snails thrown amidst the dandelion veggies regain back it's strength within 5 days.
Nature is awesome!
Anytime you suspect your food or drink has been poisoned, get dandelion leaves and chew 3-5 leaves as soon as possible.
Afterwards boil the leaves and drink as tea everyday till symptoms stop.
No gree for any foolish person kill you this year. Nature heals.
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Meet the Oshinubis; Although they are grand parents living in the most serene part of Lagos with high return on residential assets, their love for nature is a great thing to emulate.
I'm sharing this long post to encourage the younger generation NOT to...
Let's play a game: Go to the nearest market around you, ask the women selling snails "how many years they've been in the business and why they didn't switch to other protein sources like fish or chicken" .
You can also ask them about their biggest challenge doing the trading
Dear Nigerians, Never join in the slander of Nigerian farmers because the 80% of the food we eat is produced by small holder farmers.
Now let me explain; SHF are farmers that cultivate on less than 5 hectares of land but they are faced with the highest production risk with the
You are a farmer. You are planting maize that takes around 3-4 months in July but you have no plans to mitigate against “August break”?
You should look for another profession abeg.
It’s either you are not a farmer, not serious with your career or you are just an alarmist that
I'm of the strong opinion that research works in Agric should be scaled to the field and business structure built around it.
To build a sustainable production economy; we need to conserve the soil, improve the seed, tackle post harvest loss, recycle farm wastes to wealth...etc
Let me continue from where you stopped.
- Drinking boiled corn silk cures insomnia
- Snails are great aphrodisiac that cures low libido.
- Drinking fermented okra solution helps improve sperm count.
- Eating 2 avocado per day helps regulate hormonal imbalance in women.
#NaijaFarmerTips
Agriculture and Medicine are 5 & 6
-Drinking Zobo juice increases sexual urge and stamina
- Bathing with Boiled Akintola Leave cures malaria & Fever
- Drinking boiled Banana water cures insomnia
- Drinking Ginger water daily lowers blood sugar (diabetes)
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The first factor to consider when building a snail pen is the available space and the surrounding natural ecosystem.
I'm not an advocate for tyres, old drums or wooden pens. The challenges are always overwhelming and expanding may be difficult.
If you have a backyard space with
@simpsyno
I love your views.
We've put a handful of safety measures in place especially the pipes and hose; but I will also like to hear your views on what part of the project is predisposed to hazards.
Few days ago, I saw people dragging themselves about the adoption of GMO seeds/crops into the Nigerian market and I laughed.
Oftentimes, we leave the real issues unturned and keep shaking the roof of a poor foundational structure.
Our tertiary institutions are solely for
@Mr_Dutse
May we enjoy perfect victory on the insecurity besieging the North.
Howbeit, any company that guarantee our security, we'll be glad to collaborate with them to achieve a sustainable agric value chain.
We can map out something via DM.💕
Hello Twitter!
My name is Ezekiel-walker, I'm the founder of NGsnails. For the past nine (9) years I've committed all my time and resources into understanding how to farm snails successfully.
"Snails are slow"
Don't say that again! 😊
Farming snails is lucrative cos of their egg laying prowess but you need some patience to grow the baby snails to some table sizes.
There are some business cycle you can plug-in while you wait.
Follow me!
I share
#snailbizideas
It rained one fateful evening, I carried my bucket and touchlight to go search for snails then I stumbled on some white-skinned snails.
I picked it out of curiosity, even as I checked more block holes I saw more "white-skinned" snails.
My bucket was almost full so I matched
I can't believe I spent 75 minutes of my time convincing a Diaspora-based investor not to stock 50,000 snails for his new farm but he's been adamant.
He wanted to build the 'Biggest snail farm in Nigeria'.
'So tell me about your workers' I asked? 'Are they skillful at breeding
It's a bright week to expand your wealth portfolio. Have you considered Snail Farming? Can you chill out some 2 years to reap over 90% ROI?
It's my 10th year researching on snails and I've got a lot gist.
Follow me as I share with you how to de-risk your snail farm investment.
It's maize/corn season.
If you buy the roasted version or the already cooked version, you are cheating yourself.
Let me share you a secret:
Maize is usually covered in a husk and contains tiny long strands called corn silk.
Corn silks can be prepared as tea to cure:
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Happy new week.
Just to let you know: The money you are looking for, is in snail farming cos "kékeré ìgbín owó ní, nla ìgbín owó ní" (I need an interpreter too😄)
Every part of a snail yields good money and under-explored.
Follow me, I share new opportunities in the snail biz.
@HerbalistChief
I'm shocked with the video.
Why must we dump salt for MSG?
That's misinformation and it's obvious he followed the money.
Our food should be our medicine!
@iwilsonnonny
I had to keep a 2ft long, 3 inch thick, galvanized rod under my seat after some scary-looking guys attacked me TWICE at Ojota-Gani fawemi axis.
It was a shocking experience for me. I couldn't ride with my car for 7 days. Now? I defend myself.
Everyone should stay safe in Lagos!
It's Day 3 of learning about
#snailfarminginNigeria
When choosing your snail pen designs, embrace sustainability over aesthetics. Snails take a while to grow and you shouldn't be fixing up your pens within 12 months because of asset depreciation.
Here's my practical advice for
If you have younger kids at home, ensure you keep a keg of Palm oil in your kitchen cabinet and never run out of it.
I packed my bag as usual and headed down to the farm on Monday, later in the evening my phone rang and I checked, na my wife dey call me. "Fine woman wetin dey
This is one of the most stressful processes in snail farming - SOIL STERILIZATION.
Ever wondered why snails in the wild "appeared" to be doing fine while the snails we breed are often faced with Death crises?
Let's digress abit from snail slime.
There's a growth booster in snails called Albumin Gland.
Most people see it as a waste.
Research shows it's rich in lipoproteins and can boost growth when fed to livestocks.
Collect, dry, crush to powder and feed your livestocks. More money!
A litre of Snail Slime is 40k Boss.
We have some amazing Value chain we aren't exploring and they are good money Chief.
Only if our youth can see the business opportunities of different Agric Value chains they can invest and explore.
Money dey Agric Value Chain Baba mi ✅
For several years, I've heard people argue about BUSH snails and AGRIC snails.
Which one is AGRIC snails again? They said snails bred on the farm are Agric snails with a distinctive softer meat while snails picked from the BUSH have crunchy hard meats.
Well, it's all myth!
It's a new week! Another great reminder that you should explore snail farming as a good source of income to sort some soft bills.
Snails do not bully their offsprings, the parent fetch you money; likewise their offsprings.
Turn on post notification, I've got some gists.
In Agric, what's in the book (or Google) may not be same as reality.
I stumbled on this 2018 pictures and I laughed.
Digging drainage around the snail pen doesn't ward off all ants. There's a special category that burrows from the soil, attack the snails and disappear.
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Today makes it
#Day30
of sharing my practical (research/field) experience on snail farming in Nigeria.
Even though I still have a lot of things to share, but being consistent with content creation for 30 days is a big deal for me; I hail people like
@Nig_Farmer
that keep sharing
4 Out of every 10 random farmers, have attempted snail farming at some point of their life with the impression that "Snails are the easiest to breed".
This week I will be sharing top challenges faced by most start-up snail farms and how to de-risk your business.
Stay tuned!
There's no amount of post I can churn out that can totally express my 10 years research experience on snails.
One major hard skills Agriculture taught me is innovation. Every farmer must fine-tune the basic knowledge they've acquired, innovate around it to build a successful
@FinPlanKaluAja1
Enroll as a distributor with
@NGsnails
, get snails at wholesale price and resell at good margin in your location without getting your hands dirty.
The snails are already cleaned and packaged. Here are some discount deals: 👇
Few weeks ago, the DG of Onitsha Business School; Prof. Olusegun Sogbesan reached out to me about a practical simulation class on the snail value chain business for his MBA students.
He want us to explain the opportunities in the snail value chain business using simple product
In 2018, my perception about snails changed when I raised snails to an average weight of 150grams in 6 months.
I discovered that some snails grow faster than the rest and more attention should be given to such breeds. If we have more farms churn out medium sized snails in 6
Moments when your snails are not popping out eggs the way they used to; collect some brown guava leaves that dropped directly from the guava tree, crush into powder and mix with calcium.
Egg laying session will commence in few weeks.
#snailfarminghacks
Guava leaves treats
🌿Premature ejaculation
🌿Diarrhoea
🌿Diabetes
🌿Hypertension
🌿Blur vision
🌿Cough
🌿Stomach ulcer
🌿Painful menstruation
🌿Low sperm count
Boil the leaves with water and take four tablespoons three times daily. Nature heals.
#BackToEden
First you need to know, that snails do not like trouble; they just want to lay their eggs and bury it skillfully deep in the soil.
Snails get their eggs fertilized internally, and when it is fully formed, they pop it out. They really do not care about the welfare of their eggs,
Africa is really blessed with natural treasures and snail is one of it. Our snails grow real big and they are grouped as Giant African Land snails.
The GALs are majorly 3 main species - Achatina achatina (AA), Achatina fulica (AF) and Archachatina marginata (AM). Each of them
Carefully study the direction of sun rays in your house and place the sacks at spots of sun rise or sun set. Plants need sunlight to grow and you must ensure your sacks are well positioned.
Collect your rich soil from your vendor, get some plantain/banana peels and cut them into
Snails love "soft life" and all you need to do to be a successful farmer is to replicate such good life in their abode.
The three good guys you must hold dearly are Temperature, Humidity and Soil. If you get these 3 right, you'll be super successful in your farm operations.
Meet Mrs Oshinubi, a Grandma that started farming snails as a hobby and now have a small business from her farm.
Mama Oshinubi got interested in snails cos during rainy season, she always have a bucketful of snails to pick each time she gets to her backyard garden.
She started
Start simple!
When I finally decided to focus on snails, I started with a wooden box and as my stocks began to increase, I planned expansion.
There's set-up cost & operational cost; don't over-pimp your farm and run out of OC, your snails' growth become slow and shorten profits.
@O_ssai
So wait... How can someone be so much creative doing fraud but can't channel such skills to innovate and solve real-life problems legitimately?
We need to conduct a psycho-metric test for these guys!
Let's talk Agribusiness!☺️
The easiest way to make money from Agric is to either trade agric produce or recycle agric wastes.
Tonnes of empty snail shells have been messing up our market communities. Now is the time to recycle them to Bio-fertilizers.
Doing Agric in Nigeria is like 1,000 ways to die.
- The farmer
- Provides his own power,
- Provides his own security
- fights climate change,
- Fight pests & disease
-Hustle market share to sell at good price
- High maintenance cost due to poor road
- Fight with agbero to
Drying farm produce with briquettes lock in nutrients and retains their natural flavor.
My goal this year is to churn out more briquette-dried snails to the local market, working on the pricing of the final product has been a big task. Our clients in the diaspora pay good money
Nobody was willing to tell me that Truth. 🥺 It was just a jamboree of becoming a millionaire through snail farming.
Maybe if I had known the truth earlier, I won't be this committed to research work on sustainable agriculture.
We are still lamenting about the price of tomato/pepper in the market but here we are, cramming a new National Anthem.
Anyway, let me tell you a cool substitute for tomatoes in your stews.
Have you heard about "Chinese Tomatoes"? 😄 That's not the real name sha, it's called a
If you plan venturing into the snail business on a large scale for profit, avoid DIY and critically analyze every information you see online.
Mr Emmanuel have been building his snail farm slowly for the past 3 years until 2024, when he started to notice ant activities around his
I got on a group call with some young chaps crowdfunding their snail farm business via partnership.
I told them that the Archachatina marginata specie lays an average of 8 eggs, they were shocked and couldn't believe their ears.
Apparently, some vendors had told them the snails
If you discover your snails were active the previous night and you lost some numbers the following day; do a thorough search for Centipedes on your farm.
Centipedes are poisonous; they sting snails and chill out for the snail to die while they feed on the decomposed meat.
Now that the Holidays are over, I'm excited to help you achieve your business goals for 2023.
- Installing your Bio (sewage) Digester
- Setting up your Integrated snail farm
If this aligns with your 2023 objectives, Do send me a DM let's talk.
The first solution is to revamp the University's learning curriculum. Why spend 5 years in the four-walls of the classroom for a practical career job?
80% of Agric graduates can't manage a farm even after spending 5-years in school because the theory-cram-for-GPA model is not
Snails have a soft body and a shell attached to it. When a snail crawls, the shell must follow it; the day a snail leave its shell is the day the snail dies.
We have snails that live on water (- Aquatic snails) and we have snails that live on land (- Terrestrial or land) snails.
It was a hot Monday afternoon, I had just finished scolding the "loan sharks" for invading my privacy with calls concerning someone that borrowed money but couldn't refund them.
Then my phone rang again, this time, it was another number. I'd first ignored thinking it's the "loan
I had PTSD viewing this picture again.
June 2022, got reports that some locals were stealing our maize. We cultivated some 5 acres to serve as a traceable ingredient for our snail feeds but these guys kept stealing the maize from the front.
Dialogued with the community leaders
Let me share you a top money-spinning secret in snail farming:
If you've been following me for a while, by now, you've fully understood that snails need to mate before they produce FERTILE eggs.
After copulation, the process of egg formation takes a while from 1 week to 3
The next time it rains in your location, sprinkle some corn chaff, baobab fruits or garri around corners where you have grass; you'll be amazed at how snails will troop out to feast.
So, does that mean snails have nose? Come with me I have gist for you.
When a snail is fully
I spoke with Mr Idowu sometimes in 2023, he was at the brink of shutting down his snail farm but I love his positive energy even as a grandpa so, I invited him to
@NGsnails
so he can see the possibilities in the snail business and boom! He wants his intensive units converted to
Those chaff wastes ehn?
Sundry them and feed your snails with it. It improves their feed conversion rate which further boost their growth rate and reduce the way your snails die.
In snail farming, nothing is a waste!
Every livestock farmer in Africa needs a good life. We've expended a lot of resources raising our livestock but unfortunately less than 40% recycle their farm wastes.
This video will give you great insights on how your farm can be self-sustainable via recycling of farm wastes.
For perky b!obs, get Cucumbers.
Cucumbers are rich in flavonoids, beta-carotene & silica which helps in the production of collagen.
Get cucumbers and blend as puree; use it to massage the bre!st or form a thick mask with it.
Allow to sit for 15-30 minutes, morning and night.
When setting up a large scale farm, get ready to fight with ants; they are the most attracted predators of snails. It's an endless fight but sooner, you either win as a farmer or the nature soldiers win.
Snails produce mucus as they move around the farm while the ants are
What influenced Morocco's success in the global market?
I will pick it one at a time and juxtapose it with our Nigerian economy, what we are doing presently, the opportunities and repositioning ourselves to tap this global market share.
Let's get started.
RT to spread the news.
@lollypeezle
@MrOdanz
Huh?
Enter Ogun state come see shege!
Yesterday, I went to check my farm along Agbado rd; it's only wise to park my car and use a keke.
@dabiodunMFR
really need to do better in Ogun state.
I connected with Agbara via Atan-Lusada Rd; it's terrible.
Maximize IFO as an economy hub!
If you truly want to make good profits in your commercial snail business, NEVER construct a snail housing with wood.
The reason is simple; wood's greatest enemy is water! Snails love a cool, humid environment as such, their pens must be sprayed with water to control the pens'
With the present cost of farm inputs in Nigeria, farmers need to embrace sustainable farming practices to enjoy good farm yields with better profit margin.
You can prepare your foliar spray by combining manure tea, wood ash and neem leaves together.
It's very simple, let me
Snails are hermaphrodite. An hermaphrodite is an organism that has both male & female sex organ.
But even though snails are hermaphrodites, they still need a partner to mate. During this mating session, one pose as a male and the other as a female but both produces fertile eggs.
What do you call this in your local language?
Spinach is a good growth booster for snails; they are so rich in crude protein & calcium. Plant enough of it on your snail farm, go to sleep come back after 3 months and weigh them all.
Snails are NOT slow!
Repost & share the local
If you have any piece of land you are not ready to develop in the next 8 years, please plant trees.
Asides protecting the environment from climate change, you are improving the air quality of that community while providing free food for both small animals & humans around that
Most times, when I eat produce from my farm, they taste different with lasting savour than the ones purchased in the open market.
Something is wrong somewhere; it's like there's a loop in the food value chain that intentionally infuse harmful chemicals to hasten fruit ripening
In less than 2 months that we started the Snail Promo pack campaign, we've processed 90,000 snails ! With over 71 unique Nigerian customers scattered nationwide.
I'm here to say THANK YOU!
This short moment taught me that, Nigerians love to eat healthy food but the pricing is
Snails are rich in protein, iron, calcium and other essential nutrients but they are low in cholesterol. Each time we eat snails, our body get all these nutrients without feeling bad if they are BIG snails or SMALL sized snails.
A key factor to success in snail farming is PATIENCE.
Unfortunately, nobody is ready to keep nurturing their farm & collecting data for 8 months before stocking it up with snails.
This is why most snail farms struggle in their first year cos they will be faced with several
There's a particular specie of snail we have in abundance here in Nigeria but people look down on them: The Limicolaria spp.
This snail specie can be found almost everywhere when it rains but their meat is relatively small and tender.
So, its target market are for people that
Poor handling can slow down the growth of your snails. Snails grow their shells from the lips and not from the bottom.
Pick-up any snail you see around you, allow the meat to face the sky, there's a ring-like skin you'll see just after the meat before the shell; that's the
Looking forward to starting a snail farm? You should look beyond the snail meat!
The snail fluid has some hidden healing properties to treat cardiovascular complications but...😊
The fluid should be further subjected through purification process to be safe!
#myagricresearchgist
Learn from my mistake:
In 2018, when we acquired the acreage of cocoa farmlands, I decided to cut down all the old economical trees on the land and convert them for wooden construction projects on the farm.
I should have sought wisdom from the old farmers within the community
@honorableEAZY
We picked a meat while clearing today.
Can I use this as an assurance that I can easily raise snail 🐌 on this land.
Agon also dished some shege on me today. Any recommended drugs?
For people with low start-up capital keenly interested in production, another model they can adopt is to buy directly from farmers and market such produce to high paying customers.
That way, they get first hand information from the farmer about the product and understand the