Jahanvi Krishak Producer Company Limited

If you go down to Ekchari, near the river area they call Diyara, you’ll find us. We are just a group of local farmers in Mathurapur, Bhagalpur. Our spot is at Uma Devi’s house. Farming in the Diyara region is a bit different because the land changes with the water, but we’ve lived here all our lives, so we’re used to it. We got together to form this producer company because it’s better than trying to sell everything on your own. It’s not some grand plan, just a way to help each other out with the seeds and the harvest. Every day there is something to do, whether it’s checking the moisture in the soil or talking to the other members about the market prices in Bhagalpur. We don't have a big office or anything like that. We mostly just meet outside or in the shed to discuss what needs planting next. The sun gets really hot over the fields, and sometimes the wind blows quite hard across the open land, but we stay busy. We are just regular people from the village, doing what our parents and grandparents did before us. We try to keep things straightforward. No one here is looking for fame, we just want our crops to grow well and our families to be alright. It’s a lot of physical labor, but that’s the life of a farmer in Bihar. It is hard work, but we like it.