Dr Yemi Popoola, a Livestock Specialist at the Institute of Agricultural Research and Training (IAR&T), Ibadan, says snail farming is a very profitable means of livelihood. Popoola told our reporters ...

It has always been said that agriculture holds the ace for solving the economic problems of Nigeria. The Shell is a calcareous concave cone coil clockwise in three or four whorls. The shell is covered ...

According to Robert Nordseick, mollusk expert and writer of Mollusks.at, the French eat 40,000 tons of snails per year, most of which are "Cornu aspersum" snails. Throughout the world, however, many ...

Wangui Waweru explains the production process of snails right from hatching to maturity at her farm in Nakuru County. [Mercy Kahenda, Standard] When Wangui Waweru was served dry fried snails at her ...

As deforestation reduces the natural habitat of the giant African snail, entrepreneurs like Bernus Bleu are carving out a profitable niche market with farms for the delicacy whose slime is also in ...

Despite their unassuming character, snails are great at lots of things. Different species of the shelled gastropod can impress with their ability to sprint, poison, or leave way too many embryos on ...