,ETP2601 Assignment 4 Semester 1 Memo | Due 8
May 2025. All questions fully answered.
Multiple choice,assured excellence
LIVESTOCK WEALTH BECOMES MULTIMILLION-RAND
ENTERPRISE Livestock Wealth (LSW), a livestock crowd farming
platform, has become a multimillion-rand enterprise, and is
expanding its offerings to include agricultural food products,
planted in a smart farming connected system. Developed by
KwaZulu-Natal-born electro-mechanical engineer Ntuthuko
Shezi in 2015, Livestock Wealth offers people with no access to
land, time or skills the opportunity to own livestock within a
professionally managed farming operation. The Web and
mobile application allow investors to invest their money in cows
rather than in unit trusts, shares or exchange-traded funds.
Through connecting its network of small-scale partner farmers
to investors, the business model allows farmers who cannot
afford to scale their business to access capital, while offering
the investor an opportunity to invest in assets which are not
influenced by financial market trends. Cattle farming in South
Africa is estimated to be worth around R142 billion, with the
local beef industry generating an estimated $144 million in
exports in 2017, according to data from Trade Map. After seeing
multimillion-rand growth, the investment company says it has
now expanded its offerings to include an array of agricultural
assets that can be owned by potential investors, including sugar
, cane plants, macadamia trees, and maize plants and a separate
option of investing in a connected garden system which grows
all types of organic vegetables. Speaking at a business update in
Johannesburg yesterday, Shezi explained that the new offerings
give investors who lack the time and farming expertise the
opportunity to own tangible, high value, growing assets. “Our
goal is to give ordinary citizens an opportunity to invest in a
long-term investment plan on any agricultural product that has
the potential to yield great investments. For instance,
macadamia trees, the most lucrative crop in South Africa, can
cost around R20 000 per hectare for the investor, but after a
few years of growth, one tree can reap rewards on a minimum
investment of around R80 000.” Potential investors can buy
online, from the partner farmer, while Livestock Wealth
facilitates and manages the assets like an investment portfolio.
The South African macadamia industry is the largest producer
of macadamia nuts worldwide. According to the 2018 World
Nut and Dried Fruit Conference, an estimated yield of 53 500
tonnes of macadamia trees reaped a sales value of well over
R3.2 billion in 2018. The connected garden system, a pool-table-
sized garden which grows any vegetable crop, including spinach,
lettuce, cauliflower and brussel sprouts, is managed around the
clock by an experienced partner farmer. Investors can own
several smart garden systems, which are connected to an
internet of things monitoring system, allowing the farmer to
May 2025. All questions fully answered.
Multiple choice,assured excellence
LIVESTOCK WEALTH BECOMES MULTIMILLION-RAND
ENTERPRISE Livestock Wealth (LSW), a livestock crowd farming
platform, has become a multimillion-rand enterprise, and is
expanding its offerings to include agricultural food products,
planted in a smart farming connected system. Developed by
KwaZulu-Natal-born electro-mechanical engineer Ntuthuko
Shezi in 2015, Livestock Wealth offers people with no access to
land, time or skills the opportunity to own livestock within a
professionally managed farming operation. The Web and
mobile application allow investors to invest their money in cows
rather than in unit trusts, shares or exchange-traded funds.
Through connecting its network of small-scale partner farmers
to investors, the business model allows farmers who cannot
afford to scale their business to access capital, while offering
the investor an opportunity to invest in assets which are not
influenced by financial market trends. Cattle farming in South
Africa is estimated to be worth around R142 billion, with the
local beef industry generating an estimated $144 million in
exports in 2017, according to data from Trade Map. After seeing
multimillion-rand growth, the investment company says it has
now expanded its offerings to include an array of agricultural
assets that can be owned by potential investors, including sugar
, cane plants, macadamia trees, and maize plants and a separate
option of investing in a connected garden system which grows
all types of organic vegetables. Speaking at a business update in
Johannesburg yesterday, Shezi explained that the new offerings
give investors who lack the time and farming expertise the
opportunity to own tangible, high value, growing assets. “Our
goal is to give ordinary citizens an opportunity to invest in a
long-term investment plan on any agricultural product that has
the potential to yield great investments. For instance,
macadamia trees, the most lucrative crop in South Africa, can
cost around R20 000 per hectare for the investor, but after a
few years of growth, one tree can reap rewards on a minimum
investment of around R80 000.” Potential investors can buy
online, from the partner farmer, while Livestock Wealth
facilitates and manages the assets like an investment portfolio.
The South African macadamia industry is the largest producer
of macadamia nuts worldwide. According to the 2018 World
Nut and Dried Fruit Conference, an estimated yield of 53 500
tonnes of macadamia trees reaped a sales value of well over
R3.2 billion in 2018. The connected garden system, a pool-table-
sized garden which grows any vegetable crop, including spinach,
lettuce, cauliflower and brussel sprouts, is managed around the
clock by an experienced partner farmer. Investors can own
several smart garden systems, which are connected to an
internet of things monitoring system, allowing the farmer to
