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Economics Of Snail Production
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1. BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The
country food situation during the last and present decades becomes as
critical as to constitute a nearly intractable problems. The problems
are accessioned by high rate of population growth which has arisen the
failure of food production to cope with national demand. Agricultural
sector has a unique role to play in the quest of putting the Nigeria
economy on the production of balanced self reliant and non inflationary
growth. The study of economic history provides us with sample evidence
that an agricultural evolution is a fundament production for economic
development. The agricultural sector has a potential to be the
industrial and economic spring boards more often than not agricultural
activities are usually concentrated in the less developed rural areas
where there is a crucial need for transformation, re- distribution,
poverty alleviation and social economic development.
Agricultural
activities comprises of crop and animal production, there have been
growing concerns in the recent years at the low level of protein intake,
especially of animal origin in spite of various agricultural
development strategies adopted in Nigeria, daily per-capita, animal
protein intake estimated as less than log or remains as far cry from the
food and agricultural organization (FAO) recommendation minimal
requirement of 35g (Usman 2003) in order to bridge this gap, it has been
suggested that there is the need to explore of or source animal protein
in addition to the conventional source such as ruminants and poultry
(Olayide and Heady 1981) one of the important alternative source of
animal protein, which has received relatively scanty attention in
Nigeria as the snail.
The problem of animal protein intake in Nigeria
has encouraged researcher to look for source of protein from animal
which are reared with little or no capital. Micro livestock such as
snail, glasscutter and rabbit have been domesticated and a lot of work
is going on aimed to increase their availability at a reduced price,
Snail farm environmental friendly and can be done with little skills
(Alkinusi 1988 NCR 1991).
In Africa countries snail production is
also relevant and according to some researcher, snail in Africa is known
as Achatina Fulica and other achatinal species, giant Africa snails.
They can grow up to 326mm (1ft ¾ inch) in length. Their native range is
south of the Sahara in East Africa. This snail was purposely introduced
into India in 1847. There was an unsuccessful attempt to establish it in
Japan in 1925. It has been purposely and accidentally transported to
other pacific locations and was inadventenly released in California
after World War II, in Hawaii, and later in North maimi Florida in the
1970s. In many places, it is a serious agricultural pest that causes
considerable crop damage. Also, due to its large size, its slime and
fecal material create a nuisance as does the odour that occurs when
something like poison bait causes large numbers to die (Wikipedia, 19
may 2015).
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This project work centered on the economic analysis of snail production in Uhunmwode Local Government Area, Edo State and how snail production have been more effective and efficient in productivities activities within and outside the Uhunmwode Community in Edo State. Chapter one will focus on the introduction of the study, objectives of the study, scope and limitation of the study, statement of the research problems and finally definitions of terms. In chapter two we shall be looking at the li ... Continue reading---
