Kanaja Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our place is in Nilkod, which is right near Sirsi in the Uttara Kannada district. Being a Farmers Producer Company means we are basically a group of people from around here working together. We do not have a big office in a skyscraper. We operate out of a simple building in the village area. It is quiet in Nilkod, and that suits us just fine. We spend most of our mornings talking to the local growers about their harvest and what prices are looking like. The air is cleaner up here than in the big cities, and we like that. Kanaja is a name that means something to the people around Sirsi. We are not here to make a quick buck. We are here because this is where we live and work. The office floor is usually a bit dusty from people coming in from the fields, but that is normal for us. We keep our records in big ledgers and on a couple of old computers. If you come by, you might find us sitting on the porch discussing the monsoon. There are not any suits or ties here. We just wear what is comfortable for a day of work. It is a basic setup because we would rather put our resources into the actual farming. That is how it has been since we started, and we do not see a reason to change it now.