African Giant Snails and Snail Farming (Volumes 1 and 2)

African Giant Snails and Snail Farming is a complete, upgraded combination of African Giant Snails and Snail Farming 1 & 2 books.

Readers will find quality information on:

• Modern snail farming,
• Housing i.e. snailery designing (including ornamental snailery)
• Feeding and feed combinations for snails
• Handling, hygiene, and health management for snails (plus OAK Snail Health Management Chart)
• Processing, packaging, and marketing of snails
• And much more

The book concludes with an updated feasibility report that will guide you in writing a business plan or planning your snail business.

This book aims to encourage global farming of land snails (especially African giant snails) for domestic and commercial purposes; to project snails’ usefulness in the social, economic, and health care sectors, and encourage more research works on the production.

Other Things to Expect in the Book

The classical approaches to production strategies, product processing, and marketing are discussed within the text. Also highlighted are possible solutions to some often encountered challenges in the practice.

Snail production is encouraged as a means to wealth creation via the sales of its soft meat and products/by-products, and to promote the general welfare of the populace using the flagged nutrient and medicinal values. Farming is suggested for each household because it requires less space, does not constitute any significant environmental nuisance(noise- and odor-wise), is less laborious, and is not time-consuming.

Furthermore, the animal is highly-priced (were eaten) and harmless, unlike other conventional meat animals. Farming is thus recommended for all, even the less privileged.
The books (volumes 1&2) are written to enrich your understanding of the subject matter and principles of farming edible (giant) land snails economically, taking advantage of the flagged socio-medico-economic values displayed by these wonderful creatures.
Volume 1 deals more with the biology and farming techniques, while volume 2 basically highlights the techniques involved in managing and marketing farmed snails. Issues such as managing peculiar farming challenges; socio-economic importance of farmed snails; processing, packaging, and marketing modalities, and mini-financial plan on farming snails are dealt with in volume 2.

Authors

1. T . O . A k i n t o m i d e (Veterinarian), OAK Ventures, Ibadan, Oyo State. He has first & Master's degrees in Veterinary Medicine at, University of Ibadan. His area of specialty is fish & snail production & health management.
2. S . O . O j o (Wildlife & Eco-Tourist), Department of Wildlife and Eco-Tourism, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State.
3. O . A . O y e d e l e (Agric. Engineer), Department of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, The Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State

The eBook is easy to read. It is in PDF and is downloadable from your email inbox. You can read it on your computer or iPad or phone. You can also print it out to read.