Shekharkumar Farmer Producer Company Limited

Vijay Kumar’s place in Bhada is where we all usually meet up to talk shop. Sultanpur is a pretty quiet area for the most part, and we deal with the usual farmer headaches like electricity for the water pumps and getting our fertilizer delivered on time. This company is basically just a bunch of neighbors who decided to team up. We named it Shekharkumar and honestly, it has been a huge learning process for all of us. Dealing with the official registration paperwork was a total mess at first. None of us are experts at office work or filing things. We would much rather be outside in the dirt. Vijay handles a lot of the phone calls because he has the patience for it. Sometimes we just sit in the shade and complain about the market prices being too low. It is honest work, though, and it keeps us busy. We try to get our produce to the Sultanpur market without spending too much on the transport. The village of Bhada is small enough that everyone knows what everyone else is growing. We don’t have a flashy sign or a lobby. It is just a place where we store some grain and have our meetings. We have been trying to figure out better ways to grow our wheat and pulses without spending a fortune. It is slow going but we don’t really mind the pace. Life just moves differently here. We want the next generation to see some value in staying on the family land.