Tampak Farmers Producer Company Limited

We are set up in Kongpal Kongkham Leikai, right here in Imphal East. Tampak Farmers Producer Company Limited was started because a lot of us local farmers needed a way to work together instead of alone. It is based at Rajkumari Rajeshwari’s place. Most of us around here grow the same types of crops, so it made sense to group up. We are not professional businessmen. We are just people who know how to work the land and deal with the soil. Sometimes we meet up under the shade to discuss prices or who is planting what this season. It gets a bit chaotic with everyone having their own opinion, but we manage to get things sorted. Being a producer company means we handle everything from seeds to getting the stuff to the local market. It is a lot of physical labor. You will usually see sacks of grain or piles of vegetables stacked up near the entrance of the house. The office part is just a small room with some files and a table. We are mostly out in the sun or in the storage sheds checking the stock. It is not a polished operation, but it works for us. We just want to make sure the farmers in our leikai have a place to bring their goods. Every year is different, depending on how the monsoon treats us. We just deal with whatever comes our way. It is more of a community thing than a corporate business. We are just trying to keep going.