Raghuchandra Farmers Producer Company Limited

You can find us at Raghunath Jaideo Patil’s place in Korde. We are officially known as Raghuchandra Farmers Producer Company Limited, located in the Sakri area of Dhule district. Raghunath’s house is where we keep our records and meet up to discuss the farming schedule. Sakri can be quite dry, so we have to be smart about how we manage our water and our crops. We are a group of farmers who got tired of working in silos. Now we pool our resources and try to help each other out when someone’s tractor breaks or when the seeds aren't taking. The house in Korde is always busy with someone coming or going. We don’t have any marketing experts or sales teams. It is just Raghunath and the rest of us figuring things out as we go along. We talk about the price of cotton or wheat and try to find the best way to get it to the market without losing our shirts. The dust in Dhule gets everywhere, and our clothes are usually stained with soil, but that’s the reality of life here. We are proud of what we do even if it isn't glamorous. Being a farmer is about patience and we have plenty of that. We just want to keep our land healthy and our community strong right here in Korde.