Snail farming (Heliciculture): Benefits, economic viability, challenges and prospects

The article upholds snail farming as activities that aim to grow industrial species of snails with the deriving products for direct human consumption or further processing. While global agricultural systems are prompted produce more food feed growing population, scientists and policy makers have often focused on plant higher animals such livestock. However, discussions involving livestock been solely tied cattle, poultry, pigs shoats while stamping out small like snails, shrimps insects, their contribution security. Although introduction acceptance in some world traditional cultures remarkably good, its prevalence most dish varieties is relatively low. Snails a reliable nutritious source whose rearing less strenuous, easy start reliance available sources. mucus secretion from has medicinal purposes. Key challenges safety concerns socio-cultural barriers towards adoption acceptance. Snail an economically viable venture demand commodity increasing well intensified research pharmaceutical cosmetic industry. future seems bright, there need development, regulation information sharing venture.