In Sub-Saharan Africa, the raising of grass cutters, also known as the cane rat, has proven to be a successful business. This is because it’s popular, its meat is tasty and sells at good prices.

As at the time of writing this piece, a colony of grasscutter is worth around 100k while table size is worth between 2k and 4k per kg. The two major products in grasscutter farming are the grasscutter ...