Limpopo women farmers grow thriving businesses and create jobs through agriculture. Vhengani Ndou with an employee of Onay Farming which she started in 2019 at the age of 25. As South Africa celebrates Youth Month, two young women from Limpopo are demonstrating how agriculture can create jobs, drive economic growth and strengthen the country’s food security. Petunia Molea and Vhengani Ndou are among a new generation of female agricultural entrepreneurs who are building successful farming businesses while creating employment opportunities in rural communities. Petunia Molea walks her land at Godzwana General Farming which employs two permanent employees and 15 seasonal workers. Petunia Molea, a young woman farmer from Gumbu Village in Limpopo started Godzwana General Farming in 2017 when she was 27 years old. The business grew from one to 5 hectares of land and today, she employs two permanent employees and 15 seasonal workers.