business and see how it goes
Grasscutter farming is
highly profitable, more profitable than you imagined. The meat is widely
consumed allover the West Africa region and beyond, making it one of
the top 10 animals whose meat is in highest demand in the market. A
market ready Grasscutter is sold between N4,000 to N5,500. Five hundred
Grasscuters in a year could earn you between N2 Million to N2.75 Million.
The
animal reproduces very quickly and in good numbers. A fully grown
female Grasscutter after gestation, carries the pregnancy for 140 - 150
days and deliver about twice a year. Each pregnancy produces average of
four to seven young ones per birth. Sometimes up to ten, that means one
female Grasscutter could produce 8 - 20 other Grasscutters in a year
It grows big and very
fast too. Grasscutter is one of the biggest rodent in Africa. A fully
mature female or male that is ready for market weighs between 3.5kg for
the female and 4.5kg for the male. While measuring 45cm to 60cm in body
length. The standing height is between 25 to 30cm. The body size of a
fully grown male is about the size of a nine inches block.
A good number of
Grasscutter is consumed yearly but most of them still comes from the
wild through hunters who goes into the bush to hunt for them but usually
not easy to catch, making the animal meat very scarce in the market.
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