Tarama Women Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our company is located in the village of Boyanala, which is in the Kheadaha area near Narendrapur. This is in the South 24 Parganas district. What makes us a bit different is that we are a women-led farmer producer group. A lot of the women in our village have always worked in the fields, but now we are managing the business side of it too. We deal with all sorts of agricultural products that come out of our local soil. It is a lot of work balancing the farming with the housework and everything else, but we manage. The office in Boyanala is where we gather to make decisions and keep our books in order. We do not have any fancy corporate training; we just learn as we go. It is about helping each other out and making sure everyone gets a fair share. Sometimes the tides or the rains in this district make things tricky for us, but we are used to it. We keep our talk simple and our goals practical. It is about putting food on the table and keeping our farms going for the next generation. People in the village know us well. We are not doing anything revolutionary, just working together to make our lives a bit more stable through the farming we already know how to do. We usually meet up once a week to discuss the current harvest.