Aai Vadjai Mata Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are located at H. No. 424 in Vadjai, which is part of the Dhule district. This is Kailas Piran Patil’s house. Aai Vadjai Mata Farmer Producer Company Limited is basically just us farmers from the village joining hands. Dhule can be a tough place to farm because the heat is really something else in the summer. We grow various crops depending on what the season allows. We decided to form this company so we could have a bit more control over our own lives. Usually, the middlemen take a big cut, so we are trying to avoid that by working as a unit. It isn't always smooth. We have plenty of arguments about what to plant or when to sell. But at the end of the day, we are all in the same boat. We don't have a corporate office with air conditioning. We sit on the porch or in the yard and look at our books. We talk to the other farmers in Vadjai and see who wants to join in for the next season. It’s a very basic way of doing things, but it feels more right than doing it alone. We focus on the daily chores and keeping the soil healthy. It's just a bunch of neighbors looking out for each other and trying to survive the market.