Betel Nut Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are over in No. 2 Bishnupur, which is in the Chirang district. Krishna Mandal is the one who helps manage the place. Betel Nut Farmer Producer Company Limited is exactly what it sounds like. We focus on betel nuts because that’s what grows well in our soil here in 783390. It’s a crop that takes patience. We’ve all been doing this for years, mostly on our own small plots of land. Joining up as a producer company seemed like the right move to get a bit more organized. It’s not always smooth sailing. We have to figure out the drying and the sorting, and everyone has their own way of doing it. We spend a lot of time sitting around talking about the trees and the market. It’s a simple life. We don't have a big corporate building, just our local spot in Bishnupur. If you come by, you’ll see people working with the nuts, getting them ready. It’s a lot of manual labor. We don't have a lot of fancy equipment. We rely on our hands and our experience. We’re just a group of farmers trying to stay afloat and get a fair deal for our hard work. It’s tough sometimes, but having the group makes it a bit easier to handle the ups and downs of the business. We just take it as it comes every day.