Heliculture System Of Production

EXTENSIVE SYSTEM
ADVANTAGES

• The condition of the environment closely resembles the natural habit of snails compared to other systems.

• Low labour and low general management input i.e. inexpensive to maintain
• The farmer needs not purchase feed because it is already available in the snailery.
• There is no restriction on the movement of the snails.

DISADVANTAGES OF EXTENSIVE SYSTEM

• Little control over the performance of snails 
• It requires a lot of land compared to others of production.

• Record keeping is difficult.
• Poor disease management.
• The snails are exposed to predators’ attacked (e.g. soldier ants)
• Mortality rate could be higher than other systems.
• Semi-Intensive System
• The system is like the extensive system except that the snails are supplied
• with feeds besides what is grown in the snailery
  

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Benefits of Heliculture

 Benefits of Snails
1.     The meat is very proteinous, and low in cholesterol

2.     It contains most of all the essential nutrients required for healthy growth.

3.     The meat has high percentage of protein, iron calcium.

4.     The meat contains some properties for fighting high blood pressure, anaemia.

5.     It has no religion barrier.

6.     Snail lime is used as powerful adhesive

7.     Their shell are used as source of calcium in poultry

8.     Snail slime can be sold as beverage.

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INTRODUCTION TO HELICULTURE

 INTRODUCTION TO HELICULTURE

Firstly what is Heliculture? Also known as snail farming, is the process of raising land snails specifically for human use. So much is yet to be tapped from commercial snail farming. The market is large considering the high demand for a meat low in cholesterol with high concentration of protein; calcium and other vital nutrients. Snail is very medicinal. In recent times the very few who have found out this business potential have inquired about the skills and methodology of rearing snail. In this article, I will be exposing core secrets required to start this business right from the comfort of your home or farm. The good news is that you don’t need any university degree in agriculture to do this business and you don’t need to quit your job too. After reading this article, you will be on your way to start your own snail business in easy and simple steps…..Making ₦1,000,000 annually in snail rearing is a done deal if you do it well and get it right.

I will try to be as comprehensive as possible with this article so that you can get going after reading it, and as people starts commenting – asking questions and adding what they know about snail farming, the information here would be more enriched for everyone’s benefit.

You can start Heliculture business in small; medium or large scale; the choice depend on your plan and your available start-up capital. But for this purpose; I will treat small or medium scale farming.

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