FARMING & LEARNING

Snail Farming Academy

Learn to farm giant African land snails – a cheap, low-work business with strong demand across West Africa. Six modules: the species and their life cycle, choosing a site and building tyre, hutch-box, trench and paddock pens, feeding (leaves, fruit, home-made feed and the calcium that makes the shell), breeding and caring for eggs and young, keeping out rats, frogs and disease, and harvesting, storing, preparing and selling. Every lesson ends with a question; pass the final test for a certificate. A snailery planner works out the space you need and what your breeders could produce. Figures from Agrodok 47 “Snail farming” (Agromisa/CTA).

Ready to try · Learn to farm giant African land snails – a cheap, low-work business with strong demand across West Africa. Six modules: the species and their life cycle, choosing a site and building tyre, hutch-box, trench and paddock pens, feeding (leaves, fruit, home-made feed and the calcium that makes the shell), breeding and caring for eggs and young, keeping out rats, frogs and disease, and harvesting, storing, preparing and selling. Every lesson ends with a question; pass the final test for a certificate. A snailery planner works out the space you need and what your breeders could produce. Figures from Agrodok 47 “Snail farming” (Agromisa/CTA).