Shivji Farmer Producer Company Limited

You can find us in Kapriyawas, which is near Gadota, at Ram Lal’s place. We’re just a group of farmers who decided to call ourselves Shivji Farmer Producer Company Limited. It sounds more official than it actually feels. Most of the time, we’re just neighbors sitting around talking about the latest harvest or the lack of rain. We don't have a big office or anything like that. Our meetings usually happen in the shade or in a small room at the house. We focus on the basic things that matter to us, like getting better seeds or finding a way to get our produce to the market without spending too much. It’s hard work, and your clothes always end up dirty by the end of the day. We don’t use any fancy business words. We just talk about what needs to be done on the farm. Sometimes we help each other out with the heavy lifting or with the paperwork that the government requires. It’s a community thing more than a business thing, really. Everyone knows everyone else in Kapriyawas, so there’s no room for pretending to be something we’re not. We just want to work our land and make sure our families are taken care of. It’s a simple, honest way of living, and we’re used to the long hours and the hot sun every day.