

There are a ton of things you should consider before setting up your snail farm and most importantly, make sure you are ready to expend your time and energy in the long run, because farming takes up a lot of those.


Due to the limited number of snail farmers in Nigeria, there is a huge gap between demand and supply which intending snail farmers like yourself can close and make profit. This leads to scarcity during the dry season, during this period the weather isn’t friendly for snails and causes them to go back into hiding.ĭuring this season, the supply of snail to the market is solely dependent on the smaller percentage of snail farmers who have farms where they rear snails. Although, a larger percentage of snail farming in Nigeria is done through the traditional practice of handpicking snails from bushes or the forest during the rainy season. According to multiple research data, one in fifty Nigerians are snail farmers in Nigeria.
