Udyogini Mahila Farmer Producer Company

Our office for Udyogini Mahila Farmer Producer Company is at B-603 in Sanjana Park-2, Rau. It’s an apartment building, which might seem a bit strange for a farming company, but it works for our administrative stuff. Most of the women involved are out in the fields or at their own homes during the day. We use this space to keep our records and have our meetings. Rau is growing fast, so there’s always construction noise nearby. We spend time here talking about seeds, harvests, and how to manage the money we make. It’s a collective effort, so no one person is the boss of everything. We have chairs pulled up around a table and we just talk through what needs to be done next. It’s a very practical setup. We don't have any glossy brochures or a website that looks like a big bank. We just have our notes and our experience. Sometimes we bring food to the office and eat while we work. It feels more like a family gathering than a corporate meeting most of the time. We started this because we wanted a way for the women farmers here to have their own voice in the business. It’s been a learning process for all of us. We make mistakes sometimes with the forms or the filing, but we fix them and move on. We also have to deal with the power going out occasionally, which makes the office pretty warm. When that happens, we just open the windows and keep going.