South Africa
If you have a client who wants to invest ZAR 3,300,000 and wait 24 months for to returns, then look at this offer.

This farm, close to the renowned Kagga Kamma resort and game farm, has 2000 young olive trees and 400 young date trees (4 ha) that will be in full production in 2 years.

The dates on their own can bring in R800 000+ per annum

Herewith an extract from the synopsis:

"useful features of the olive is its ability to handle water with a high ph (it seems to thrive on alkaline water) and relatively poor soil, coupled with high summer temperatures (up to 41 deg C). The market for fresh olives (and derivative products) in South Africa is expanding fast and niche markets have absorbed increasing quantities of fruit, to the extent that the farm has not been able to keep up with demand. In order to hold the market, large quantities have had to be bought-in to supplement production. As the farm’s olive production grows, so the quantity of olives bought-in could be reduced.

In 1997 data concerning the potential of edible dates was obtained from a division of African Explosives that, at the time, was producing date palms, using tissue culture, in its laboratory in Johannesburg. From this data and from information gleaned from the companies that were busy re-organizing the palm orchards along the Orange River at Pella and establishing orchards in Namibia, it became evident that a huge – and expanding - market existed for edible dates in South Africa, with its large Muslim community

A number of assessments have been made by experts from Stellenbosch University of the potential for date cultivation in South Africa and one of the prime locations identified was the Ceres Karoo where, incidentally, it now seems clear that the first palms were planted by British troops stationed in the area during the Anglo-Boer War in 1901. It was decided, accordingly, to invest in four hundred tissue cultured date palms and these were planted out in specially prepared land of about five hectare in 1998. These will reach maturity and near full production in 2006

Loose edible dates presently being sold in supermarkets in the Cape sell for about sixty Rand per kilogram whilst a trial batch of fifty kilograms bought-in last year as a test, fetched R2500.00. It has been said by the Namibian developer that the return from a date plantation in full production can amount to as much as R190,000.00 per hectare per annum.."

Asking Price: ZAR 3,300,000