Snail Farming Skills Needed by Post-Primary Students for Gainful Self-Employment in Delta State, Nigeria

The study focused on snail farming skills needed by post-primary students for gainful self-employment in Delta State, Nigeria. Specifically, it determined skills needed in snail housing and feeding; facilitating snail reproduction, and managing snail business. It adopted survey design. Population consisted of 1,143 Agricultural Science teachers and 45 registered snail farmers in the area. Questionnaire was used to collect data. Data analysis involved mean, standard deviation, and t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Findings include 10 land snail housing skills, including, among others,choosing an appropriate site (X̅= 3.50), building a snail pen using concrete or wooden materials (X̅= 3.41); 15 skills in snail feeding, including providing a adequate feed(X̅= 3.45), and others; 13 skills in facilitating snail reproduction, including applying breeding techniques (X̅= 3.45), understanding breeding cycles (X̅= 3.39); and nine snail business management skills, which include pricing and packaging snail products competitively (X̅= 3.47). Four recommendations were made based on the findings.