Shubhodaya Rural Business Incubator Farmers Federation

Our federation is based at Rajkumar Baburao Chillarge’s house, H No 4/102 in Hulsoor. We’re part of the Basavakalyan area and call ourselves the Shubhodaya Rural Business Incubator Farmers Federation. This isn't your typical business office. It’s a place where local farmers come to figure out how to start something new or grow what they already have. We call it an incubator, but really it’s just us sharing ideas and resources so we don't all have to reinvent the wheel. We have people coming in with all sorts of ideas for rural businesses, and we try to see if there’s a way to make them actually work. It’s often loud and a bit disorganized with people talking over each other. We handle a lot of different things, from training to just helping someone fill out a form they don’t understand. We aren't experts in everything, but we’ve been around long enough to know how things work in Hulsoor. The house is always open for the members. We don't have a big budget for decorations, so it’s just desks and chairs and stacks of paper. We’re just trying to help the local economy here in Basavakalyan by keeping our farming businesses alive and kicking. It’s honest work and we don't try to make it sound like more than it is. We just take it one day at a time and see what happens.