Educational guide

What agro real estate actually is.

Agro real estate combines two things: titled agricultural land that you own, and crops on that land farmed for you by a professional operator under a management contract. You hold the asset; the operator does the farming; crop revenue is shared. That's the whole idea — the details of the paperwork are where good and bad schemes part ways.

The paperwork

Three documents define what you own.

This is the exact structure at WhiteRabbit Cocoa Estate — described precisely, because vague tenure language is the single biggest red flag in this category.

The land, in context

The estate sits at Amaechi Idodo, Nkanu East, Enugu State. Under Nigeria's Land Use Act, underlying ownership nationwide is a long statutory leasehold (typically 99 years) — that is standard context for any Nigerian land purchase, not a WhiteRabbit quirk. We share the estate's title documents for your lawyer's independent review before you pay.

Your registered Deed of Assignment

Your hectare is conveyed to you by a Deed of Assignment specifying your plot, registered at the Enugu State Land Registry in your name. This — not a share certificate or a platform account — is what you hold, and it is the document we assure. Be wary of any operator promising every buyer a separate individual government title per plot; that is not how estate schemes are titled.

A 15-year renewable management contract

A separate agreement under which WhiteRabbit farms your land: planting, crop care, harvest, and sales, with quarterly itemised reports. You keep 65% of gross crop revenue. Because you hold registered title, the contract is renewable with us — or with any manager you later choose.

Why verification matters

Never buy on a brochure.

The category has been burned by operators selling land they didn't control and yields that never existed. The fix is not trusting a better brochure — it's independent verification: check the title at the land registry, have your own lawyer review every document, and visit the site or send someone who can. Any operator who resists that process has answered your question.

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The honest risk note

This is not for everyone.

Farmland is illiquid — selling a plot takes time and there is no assured buyer. Tree crops are multi-year: at WhiteRabbit, plantain income begins around month 10 and cocoa harvests from year 3, and returns depend on weather, yields, and commodity prices. All published figures are projections with stated assumptions, never promises. If you need your money back within a year, this asset class is the wrong one.

Read the full model — all three scenarios, assumptions, and risks →
Next step

See the model applied to a real estate — ours.

The investment page shows how titled ownership, the management contract, and the revenue split work at WhiteRabbit Cocoa Estate — with every document available for your lawyer's review first.

Questions first? Write to hello@whiterabbitagro.com.