Jalilpur Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our group is based out of Jabar Singh’s place in the village of Basantpur, near Basta. We are just local farmers from around Jalilpur who decided to do things together. It started because we needed a better way to handle our crops after harvest. It isn't a big, fancy office with a receptionist, just us working from a room in the village. Most of our days are spent out in the fields or trying to figure out where to get the right seeds for next season. The weather around here in Uttar Pradesh is always a worry, but having this group helps us feel a bit more secure. We don’t have any big, expensive machinery yet. We just use the usual stuff we have had for years. Sometimes the roads to Basta get really bad, especially after the rains, which makes moving our stuff slow. We mostly deal with wheat and sugar cane, since that’s what grows well in this soil. It is hard work, and we don't really get many breaks. We aren't trying to change the whole world or anything like that. We are just trying to make sure everyone in the group gets a fair price for their crops. My cousin helps out with the paperwork when he has some free time from his own farm. Usually, it's just us sitting around a table talking about the next harvest. We share what we have. It is a quiet life here.