Arambh Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited

Arambh Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited is based in Kurhadi, which is in the Gondia district. We run things from House No. 304, which belongs to Laxmibai A Vaidya. This is a company led by women from the local farming community. We all know each other from the village and decided that working as a group was the best way to move forward. In Gondia, agriculture is the main thing everyone does, so it felt natural to start this. We don't have a big office building or anything like that. We just meet at the house and figure out our plans for the season. It is a lot of responsibility to manage a producer company, but we support each other. Some days we are discussing seeds, and other days we are looking at how to get a better price for what we grow. It is very grassroots and simple. We don't use any complicated business jargon because we are just farmers at heart. Working from Kurhadi allows us to stay close to our homes and our fields. It is a quiet place, but we are doing important work for our families. We take pride in being a women-run group and showing that we can handle the business side of farming just as well as anyone else. It is a slow process, but we are getting there step by step.