Snail Farming for Beginners: A Comprehensive Guide
What you'll learn
- Acquire the essential knowledge and skills needed to start or grow a profitable snail farm.
- Learn the proper procedures and tasks for maximum survival rates and increased profits.
- Develop expertise in snail management, breeding, equipment, harvesting, and processing techniques.
- Discover numerous cost-saving strategies and business skills to help you find a market and grow your farm.
- Gain an understanding of snail behavior, health, and productivity to ensure the success of your farm.
- Master soil preparation, feeding, breeding, and processing methods to produce high-quality snail meat.
Requirements
- No experience required, just an open mind to learn new things
Description
Are you looking for a profitable and inexpensive venture to start? Look no further than snail farming! With the demand for snail meat on the rise, starting a snail farm can be a lucrative opportunity. In this comprehensive course, you will learn the basics of snail farming and be equipped with the necessary skills to grow or improve your farm.
Starting with the essential knowledge you need to know before starting or growing your snail farm, you will then dive into the proper procedures and tasks required for maximum survival rates and profits. You'll learn about snail management, breeding, equipment, harvesting and processing and discover numerous cost-saving techniques and business skills to help you find a market and grow your farm.
Throughout the course, you'll be guided through 18 lessons covering topics such as common breeds in Africa, rearing in a concrete or wooden pen, treating the soil, introducing a parental stock in a pen or greenhouse, feeding snails, formulating snail feeds, breeding and increasing the stock, prevention of predators, harvesting snails, preparing and cooking snail meat, and more.
With snails multiplying quickly and each individual snail laying hundreds of eggs per year, the possibilities are endless. Join this course and get ready to take advantage of the opportunities that snail farming has to offer. By the end of the course, you will have the skills and knowledge to run a snail farm and maximize your profits successfully.
Who this course is for:
- If you are dreaming of becoming a snail farmer, but don't know where to start.
- If you are a soon-to-be snail farmer who wants to get things done right the first time.
- An existing snail farmer who wants to improve and make more money.
Instructor
At eLengo, we believe profitable, sustainable farming should be within everyone’s reach. Since 2017, our team of agronomists and seasoned farmers has trained 25,000+ learners through dozens of top-rated courses spanning poultry, crops, livestock, and agribusiness skills.
What makes us different? Real farms, real experts, real results. Every lesson is filmed on location—inside chicken coops, greenhouses, and fields—so you see exactly how successful small-scale farmers work day-to-day. We pair those practical demos with clear business guidance, helping you turn knowledge into income and impact.
Whether you’re raising your first chicks, scaling a greenhouse, or refining your farm finances, you’ll find a welcoming community here. We know the challenges of starting; we’ve lived them ourselves, and we’re passionate about guiding you past costly mistakes toward healthy flocks, abundant harvests, and thriving agribusinesses.
Join eLengo and let’s grow your farming future together—one confident step at a time.