Better Farming Series 33 - Farming Snails 1: Reaming about Snails; Building a Pen; Food and Shelter Plants (FAO, 1986, 57 p.): Introduction: What do you need to start?

Better Farming Series 33 - Farming Snails 1: Reaming about Snails; Building a Pen; Food and Shelter Plants (FAO, 1986, 57 p.)

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Introduction

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What do you need to start?

Learning about snails

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What kind of snails can you farm?

Where can you get snails?

Where can you farm snails?

The soil and the water in the soil

Plants for food and plants for shelter

Dew and rain

Land that is wet

Wind

Where do you keep snails when you farm them?

How many snails will you need when you first begin?

How much snail meat can you expect to get?

Now you must decide

How to begin

Choose a place on your land to put your snail farm

Clean the site and prepare the ground

Building a pen

Plant the food and shelter plants

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When are the plants big enough for food and for shelter?

You will need

· enough snails to start your snail farm

Snail

· a place near your house with the right kind of soil and the right amount of water for snails to live and grow

A place near your house

· the kinds of plants that snails need for food and shelter
· the materials to build a pen for the snail

Plants that snails need; The materials to build a pen

10. If you have or can get all of these things, you can raise snails.