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JKUAT in value addition project for snail farming
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology student Ivy Rosio (right) explains to visitors at the institution’s stand how she uses snails to make various products during the Nairobi International Trade Fair on October 3, 2019. PHOTO | FRANCIS NDERITU | NMG
When some entrepreneurs introduced commercial snail farming into the country few years ago, many were surprised that the odd-looking molluscs could be food and a source of income.
After a number of success stories with the snail enterprise a number of farmers have been considering it as a source of income. But researchers at the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) have taken the snail business a notch higher by pioneering value addition project to make it even more profitable.
