Umbumbulu Community/Amakhosi Kohwa Greenhouse Project, in partnership with Kohwa Holdings Pty Ltd and an Israel based investor, Top Greenhouses, The project drew attention from the Parliamentary Small business Development Portfolio committee chaired by Mrs Ruth Bhengu, and R/1.5 billion was pledged for similar projects to be rolled throughout the country Greenfield radical transformation. His role in addition to facilitating investment and packaging the deal included undertaking farm assessments in the communities  to link them to this project He also facilitated market linkage with the likes of Food Lovers Market, Checkers, Spar and Pick n Pay , to supply their central distribution facilities in KZN with the tunnel produced vegetables. The project drew the attention of SABC 2 Growing Tomorrow Program and was broadcast live as a successful community driven

This is a community driven moringa out grower production and private processing driven model project, which is a collaboration of academic social entrepreneurs with local communities for production of moringa based value chains. The project is structured into cooperatives playing an out grower role and also included in the value chain by selling processed leaf which fetches premium price

AGDEVICO packaged from opportunity identification, this first black owned strawberry farm and raised through IDFC R 30 million project finance for project implementation and developed local and export markets for the project.

The cooperative comprises of a group of women who are operating fresh produce tunnel vegetable production   project which was facilitated and packaged by AG DEVICO HOLDINGS PTY LTD. The services rendered included farm assessment services to Ubuhle Bemvelo Coop Ltd.’s Appelsbosch farm in uMshwathi Local Municipality on behalf of Kwa3KwaZulu Natal Christian Council (KZNCC), in the following areas of expertise:

• Analysis of existing farm facilities
• Assessment of feeder sites (agricultural production linked to the farm enterprises
• Development of strategic turnaround plans         
• Conducted assessment and review of business cases and business plans of KZNCC’s agricultural farm projects
• Assessment of value chains from production to marketing, which  assisted to operationalize  Appelsbosch  farm which was funded R3.5million grant though IDC to establish a viable enterprise with offtake agreements facilitated by AG DEVICO’s initiatives and drive,
• as part of his engagement Taurai (AGDEVICO) proposed type of enterprises to operate on the various farms under KZNCC brand and created the business linkages plans to increase production
• Developed sustainable business models
• Engaged also to identify market niches and competitive advantage

Proposed potential investments and facilitated investment mobilization for capitalization of some of the projects.

The Appelsbosch farm project is currently producing the following vegetables:

• Tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers under  tunnel, cover;
• Cabbages, spinach and cauliflower in open field.

The beneficiaries were trained by AG DEVICO and marketing channels were facilitated trough PNP Howick, Mpondeni and the Mpondeni fresh Produce Market.