Chohtan Dhanau Jeera Producer Company Limited

Out here in Itada, which is part of Chohtan in the Barmer district, things are mostly about the land and what we can get to grow in this dry heat. We started Chohtan Dhanau Jeera Producer Company Limited because everyone around here grows cumin, and it made sense to do it together. Most of us have been farming these fields for years, just like our fathers did. My house is right by Gena Ram’s place, and that is where we keep the records and talk about the crops. The weather in Rajasthan can be really tough, especially with the dust and the sun, but jeera is what we know. It is not some big fancy office with glass walls or anything like that. It is just a building in the village where we handle the bags and make sure the quality is okay before it goes out. Sometimes the rain doesn't come when it should, and that makes things stressful for everyone in the group. We spend a lot of time just talking to the other farmers in the area about the market prices and how the harvest is looking this year. It is a lot of work, honestly. Dealing with the paperwork and the trucks coming in and out takes up the whole day. We are just local people trying to make sure the cumin from this part of Barmer gets to where it needs to go without too many problems. It gets dusty, the fans barely help in the heat, but this is our life here in Itada.