Archana Patil Farmer Producer Company Limited

Archana Patil Farmer Producer Company Limited is set up at Dattu Damodhar Chavan’s place in Devlana. That’s in the Khultabad tehsil. We aren't located in some big city business park. It’s a rural area and we like it that way because that’s where the actual farming happens. The company is basically a group of us trying to organize our harvests and sales. It can be a bit of a headache sometimes dealing with all the rules and regulations, but having the company makes it official. We meet up at the house to discuss what’s going on with the land and the crops. It’s very informal. You might see some tractors parked nearby or bags of fertilizer waiting to be moved. We don’t have a lot of polished marketing materials because we spend our money on seeds and tools instead. It’s just how things are done here in Devlana. People know Dattu’s place, so they find us easily enough. We’re just trying to make a decent living off the land and help each other out when the season gets tough. It’s a lot of manual labor and long hours, but we’re used to it. The company name is on the papers, but on the ground, we’re just neighbors working. We aren't trying to impress anyone with a fancy office, just trying to keep the crops growing and the business side of things from falling apart.