Mashra Adibashi Farmers Producer Company Limited

We are based in the village of Nirisha, which is under the Kastogara post office in Rampurhat. This part of Birbhum is where we all live. Our group is made up of local farmers from the Adibashi community. We started this producer company because we wanted a way to work together instead of everyone doing their own thing. It is a very rural area, and life moves at its own pace here. We don't have an office with air conditioning or anything like that. Mostly we meet outside or in a small room in the village. There is always a lot of work to do with the land. Depending on the season, we are either planting or harvesting, and that takes up most of our energy. Rampurhat is the nearest big town, but we prefer staying out here in the quiet. The roads to Nirisha can be a bit rough, so not many outsiders come by. We like it that way. Everyone in the village knows each other, so we don't need to explain who we are. We just focus on our crops and making sure the community has what it needs. It is hard work, and the sun can be brutal, but this is what we know. We are just trying to keep our traditions and our farming going. The soil is tough sometimes but we have figured out how to make it work.