Matsyankura Fish Farmers Producer

You can find us at Machenahalli, right at Parvathamma’s place. We are a fish farmer group, and we’ve been working together for a while now to try and make our lives a bit easier. Farming fish in a small place like this means you have to be very careful with your resources. We don't have a big staff or a marketing department; we just have a few of us who handle the paperwork and the logistics while everyone else is out at the ponds. We spend a lot of time worrying about the water and the temperature, especially during the summer. Parvathamma’s house is where we usually meet to settle the accounts and figure out who is taking the next load to the market. It is a very informal way of doing business, but it works for us because we all trust each other. We aren't trying to change the world; we are just trying to make sure the fish farmers in Machenahalli get a decent price for their hard work. It gets a bit chaotic sometimes when everyone shows up at once, but we usually sort it out over some tea. We are just regular people doing a job that we’ve known our whole lives. There are no fancy promises here, just a lot of hard work and a hope that the next season will be a bit better.