Lima Mzansi (Plant South Africa), a non-profit organisation, was established by a group of people inspired after their years of experience training in the communities and making a difference, in the best way they know how, by training and developing the previously disadvantaged, youth, women, people living with disabilities, people from rural communities giving them the scarce, critical skills and competencies they need to make a future in farming for themselves, their families and providing food for their communities and South Africa.

Agriculture is threatened by the lack of skill and knowledge (scarce and critical skills) because they are so many ageing farmers and so few young, women, people living with disabilities, previously disadvantaged people and people from rural communities entering the sector. There has been a lot of research done on this which we take cognise of the negative connotation associated with farming, research also shows that learnerships and practical skills enable improved motivation and greater impact on the willingness of learners to enter the agricultural field.

Our Objective is to go into every rural and urban community in South Africa and equip people with the skills to farm and how to make a living off of farming, and to develop small enterprises. The focus of this development will be on the youth, women, previous disadvantage individuals, people with disabilitiesThere is a dire need to educate people on the critical and scarce skills on how to farm and produce food effectively. Lima Nathi is aimed at the development of previously disadvantaged individuals, women, the youth, the disabled and the rural communities in agriculture.