Salempur Unnat Agro Producer Company Limited

You can find us at Hasmukhi Sharma's place in Salempur, which is out in the Budaun district. We are a bunch of local farmers who decided to stop trying to do everything on our own. It’s a lot easier when you have a group to help with the heavy lifting and the selling. We don't have a big fancy building. It’s just a house where we keep our tools and our records. We call it Salempur Unnat because we want things to get better for the village. Most days we are out in the sun, and then we come back to the office to figure out the money part. It’s not always easy to manage, especially when the rains don't come when they are supposed to. We focus on the basic things, like getting good seeds and making sure we have enough hands for the harvest. Hasmukhi helps keep the documents straight, though we'd all rather be outside than looking at forms. We know everyone in this area, and they know us. There’s no big mystery to what we do. We grow crops, we pack them, and we try to get a fair price. Sometimes it works out well, and sometimes it's a struggle. But we’ve lived here all our lives, so we aren't going anywhere. It’s just us doing what we know how to do, together. We aren't looking for praise, just for a way to keep our families supported through the seasons.