Basant Women Farmers Producer Company

Basant Women Farmers Producer Company is based out of Vijay Khand G N.3, specifically at Pramod Bajaj's place, 3/237. It’s a bit of a different setup because we are really focused on the women in our farming community. A lot of the time, the women do a huge amount of the work but don't get much of a say in the business side of things. We wanted to change that. Being in Vijay Khand gives us a decent place to meet up and talk about our plans. It is a local neighborhood, so it feels very grounded. We spend our afternoons going over what the different members need and how we can get better prices for what we grow. It is not a shiny office. There are usually children running around or people dropping by for tea while we talk shop. We have had to learn a lot about how to run a company, which wasn't easy at first. There was a lot of trial and error involved. We still make mistakes, but we are learning. Our group is about helping each other stay independent. We don't have a big marketing budget or anything like that. We just rely on word of mouth and the hard work of the women who are part of this. It's a slow process building something like this from the ground up, but we are doing it together.