Agric Expert Advocates Investment In Snail Farming To Enhance Food Security

An agric expert, Mr Oluwole Azeez has called on the government to invest in snail farming to enhance food security and boost its revenue generation. 

 Mr Azeez who is the Chief Executive Officer of FarmKonnect Agribusiness Nigeria Plc stated this when the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, paid a courtesy visit to the farm in Ibadan.

He said snail farming is a 16 billion dollar per annum market business the country can invest in to improve its revenue drive and obtain the desired food security.

The FarmKonnect boss who is a retired Naval Commander remarked that snail farming through its numerous value chains from production to marketing could make people, especially youth self-employed and employers of labour.

According to Mr Azeez, the firm in its efforts to improve job creation and contribute to food security established a snail village in Ekiti.

He emphasised that the fundamentals of every society were food security because every human being depends on food to survive.

“Without food security, we cannot have national security, national security is the requirement to maintain the survival of any nation.

“National security comprises health, political, environmental, social, food security, among others.

“The key players in socio-economic development should include the family, schools, corporate organisations, religious leaders, the government and even society.”

He stressed the need for farmers to be equipped with information technology to enable them to improve yield and productivity.

 “We don’t need more farmers but smarter farmers, farmers should learn to collaborate rather than compete.

“Our vision is to make profiting from agriculture easier and more consistent for all and sundry, without limitation by boundaries, time, space, skill, social or financial status.

Earlier, Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, Air Vice Marshal Ebenezer Alade said they were on a study tour to know how the farm has been contributing to national security, especially through agriculture

“They are doing a great job because anybody that produces food is a form of security to the country.

“This is because a hungry man is an angry person when people are angry they can do lots of negative things.

“So whoever that is ensuring that there is food availability, as FarmKonnect is doing, is moving Nigeria forward,” he said.

Ridwan Fasasi.