Mitrashakti Farmers Producer Companylimited

Out here in Aruhabad, near Soro, things move a bit slower than the big cities. Mitrashakti Farmers Producer Companylimited is based at Malaya Kumar Mahapatra’s place. It’s a small operation in Block-Bahanaga where we try to help each other out with farming needs. We’ve got a lot of families involved from the local villages around here. It started because we realized that selling our crops alone wasn't working out very well for anyone. So now, we pool our resources and try to find better ways to handle the harvest together. You won't find any glossy brochures here. We just talk about things like fertilizer costs and which fields are doing okay this season. Sometimes the meetings go long because everyone has a different opinion on when to plant. That’s just how it goes with a group of people from the same area. Our address is right in the heart of the community, so people drop in whenever they have a problem or just want to see what’s happening with the group. We are just local folks working the land. We don’t have fancy titles or big office chairs. Most of the time, our boots are still muddy when we step inside to check the books. It’s a practical way to survive as farmers in this part of Odisha, and we are just trying to keep the tradition going while making it work.