Silokhar Farmer Producer Company Limited

Silokhar Farmer Producer Company Limited is based in Silokhar, Naraini. We run things from Birrndra Bahadur Singh’s place. It is a local operation through and through. Most of us grew up around here and have been farming these same fields for years. We decided to start this company to give ourselves a bit more power when it comes to buying supplies. Everything is more expensive when you buy it in small bits, so we pool our money and get what we need for the whole group. It is a practical way to manage the farm expenses. We do not have any fancy mission statements or corporate values. We just want to get the work done and make sure the crops are healthy. The office in Silokhar is usually full of talk about the upcoming harvest or who has a tractor that needs fixing. We help each other out when someone gets behind. It is a community effort more than anything else. We keep the books as best we can, although sometimes we get behind on the typing. There is a lot of walking back and forth between the different farms to check on things. We are not professionals in suits, just people who know how to work the ground and care about the neighborhood. We hope to keep it going for a long time so the next generation has something solid to work with here in Naraini.