economy
March 25, 2026
Beautiful engineer Teodora (24) loves driving tractors: She is the most powerful boss in Banat, look what she does
At the entrance to the South Banat village of Ilandža, a traveler's gaze inevitably turns to the tall nests. Storks are more than birds here; they are guardians of tradition who, despite long flights, always return to the same place. That same thread of an unbreakable connection with roots marked the life of twenty-four-year-old Teodora Jovanov. While her peers see their village only in the rearview mirror on the way to the city, Teodora decided during her studies in Novi Sad that her address would remain in Ilandža. She didn't return because she never left; she is the one who welcomes the storks every year, managing a hundred hectares of family land.
TL;DR
- Teodora Jovanov, 24, chose to stay in her village of Ilandža and manage her family's 100 hectares of land.
- She holds a master's degree in agribusiness management and prefers driving a modern tractor to an office job.
- Teodora embraces new technology, such as navigation systems, to modernize the farm.
- She acknowledges the significant challenges faced by Serbian farmers, including low prices and market instability.
- Despite difficulties, Teodora finds her work fulfilling and dreams of greater success and modernization in the future.