Rajurkarpatil Rural Farmers Producer

Our home base is with Shri Bhausaheb Vitthal Ardadhraja in Takali. It’s part of the Ghansawangi area. Rajurkarpatil Rural Farmers Producer was set up because we needed a way to organize ourselves better. In a rural place like this, you can’t really get much done if you’re only looking out for yourself. We spend a lot of time at Bhausaheb’s place, just trying to sort out the logistics of the season. There’s no big sign or a receptionist at the front. It’s just a house in the village where we get together. We talk about the rain, the prices of fertilizer, and which fields are doing well. It’s not always easy, and sometimes we disagree on how to handle things, but we always figure it out eventually. The work is physically tiring, and the days are long, especially when the harvest is ready. We don't have a website or anything like that. We just rely on talking to people and doing what we said we would do. The village of Takali is where we grew up, and it’s where we plan to stay. We’re just a group of farmers who wanted to have a bit more control over our own futures. It’s a slow process, but we’re making our way through it one day at a time. It’s honest work, and that’s about all there is to say. We focus on the ground under our feet.