Linthoingambi Fed Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our group is based over in Tentha, right where Sorokhaibam Ayingbi Devi lives. It’s a producer company, which basically means a bunch of us farmers decided to work together instead of struggling on our own. Tentha is a good place for farming, but getting the produce out to the bigger markets is always a challenge. We spend a lot of time sitting around talking about prices and how to get better yields without spending too much on fertilizer. It’s not always easy, and sometimes we argue about the best way to do things, but that’s how it goes when you have a lot of people involved. We have our meetings in the village, usually outside when the weather is nice. Ayingbi looks after a lot of the details because someone has to keep the papers in order for the government. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. We just grow what we can, like rice and vegetables, and then try to find the best buyers. Some years are good and some are pretty lean, but having the company helps us stay stable. If you’re ever passing through Tuwab or Tentha, you’ll see our fields. It’s hard work, especially when the sun is really beating down, but it’s what we know. We are just local folks trying to help each other out through this little company. It keeps us busy and hopefully keeps the village fed too.