Why Snail Farming? An introduction to the FARIAD project
The potential benefits in HELICICULTURE – Snail Farming have never been realized.
These gains are both physical as well as socio-economic. The programme aims at educating
the youth in agriculture vocation whilst at the same time generating income and mobilizing fund to support the education and schooling of talented but needy young ones – (Girls in the majority)
Snails are delicacies and a good supplement of protein in the meal.
But the selection of site has very serious implication on the development and growth of snails. Since we have realized that there are termites on the selected site, we have all agreed to shift and change site. This means that we will no longer use wooden and erected structures as initially planned.
Concrete structures are best for Odorgonno Secondary School (Heliciculture Project) in the Schools for Rural Entrepreneurs Project, total of six pens (size: 3” x 6”) have been built to house the 100 matured breeding snails. Three for nursery and three for breeders
The construction works begun on the 7th and completed on the 25th of May. 2007, at a slow pace to enable students have sufficient experience of every phase of the project.
The breeding snails are ready for collection on the 2nd of June, 2007
Materials such as drinkers, feed mash, rock calcium, watering cans, rubber gloves, and kits have been acquired. An inscription board has been erected at the project site.
Snail production is one of the areas in agriculture which requires considerable low investment capital comparatively. The project will also develop the Heliciculture industry in Ghana and become a major exporter of snails in the African continent.
These gains are both physical as well as socio-economic. The programme aims at educating
the youth in agriculture vocation whilst at the same time generating income and mobilizing fund to support the education and schooling of talented but needy young ones – (Girls in the majority)
Snails are delicacies and a good supplement of protein in the meal.
But the selection of site has very serious implication on the development and growth of snails. Since we have realized that there are termites on the selected site, we have all agreed to shift and change site. This means that we will no longer use wooden and erected structures as initially planned.
Concrete structures are best for Odorgonno Secondary School (Heliciculture Project) in the Schools for Rural Entrepreneurs Project, total of six pens (size: 3” x 6”) have been built to house the 100 matured breeding snails. Three for nursery and three for breeders
The construction works begun on the 7th and completed on the 25th of May. 2007, at a slow pace to enable students have sufficient experience of every phase of the project.
The breeding snails are ready for collection on the 2nd of June, 2007
Materials such as drinkers, feed mash, rock calcium, watering cans, rubber gloves, and kits have been acquired. An inscription board has been erected at the project site.
Snail production is one of the areas in agriculture which requires considerable low investment capital comparatively. The project will also develop the Heliciculture industry in Ghana and become a major exporter of snails in the African continent.
Future Plans are to establish Agricultural and Vocational Centre to enroll and train Orphans, Vulnerable, Street Children – to go through a skill curriculum – a 100 acre land has been acquired for the project. (We invite support for the programme)
To establish an educational endowment fund (The NORVISI Fund), to help needy but talented children as well as academically dull children to acquire entrepreneurial skills
To establish a project (pilot for replication) in each of the 32 districts in Ghana, over the next six years.
To establish an educational endowment fund (The NORVISI Fund), to help needy but talented children as well as academically dull children to acquire entrepreneurial skills
To establish a project (pilot for replication) in each of the 32 districts in Ghana, over the next six years.
