Snail Farming: An Indian Perspective of a Potential Tool for Food Security - Abstract
Wise utilization of known food resources could be one major tool to keep parity with the increasing population and nutriment demand. In many parts of India not unlike many other regions of the world consumption of globe snails is widespread. Although snail farming is not at all a novel entrant in the animal husbandry field, it is still far from being widely accepted. Noting the excellent nutritional potential, characterized by high protein and mineral but low fat content of snails and considering the environmental benefits of making use of snails as human food, gastropods must be viewed as a source of nutritional comparable to or even superior to conventional livestock. This paper aims to justify the need to introduce food snails into mainstream farming systems specifically in India and more generally worldwide.