Business News of Monday, 13 September 2021Source: ghanaiantimes.com.ghAbout 1,500 farmers and agricultural extension officers nationwide, for the past three years, have been trained in snail farming, the Deputy Director of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Professor Paul Bosu has disclosed. Speaking at a day’s training to highlight the agribusiness potential of snail farming and its economic benefits on Saturday Prof. Bosu said the initiative was to equip selected individuals with basic snail farming technologies. The workshop was jointly organized by CSIR and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MoFA) in the Eastern Region. “It is no longer viable to be glued to the outmoded methods of farming and that was why CSIR and partners would collaborate to support young farmers to purchase modern farming equipment to get high returns on investment” he added. Kwame Sarfo Bonsu, Chief Technical Officer CSIR-Forestry Research Institute of Ghana in his presentation called for an increase in snail farming to make up for the shortage in its supply in recent times.

Source: GhanaWeb September 13, 2021 11:46 UTC