Jay Gajanan Mauli Farmer Producer Company Limited

Jay Gajanan Mauli Farmer Producer Company Limited is based at Pramod Shriram Gai’s place in Wadegaon Gad. This area, Jalgaon Jamod, has its own challenges with the soil and the water. We named the company after Gajanan Mauli because everyone here has a lot of faith. It’s a simple setup at the Atikraman location. We don’t have a lot of money to spend on fancy offices, so we just use what’s available. Most of the people involved are just local farmers who have been working the ground since they were kids. We talk a lot about how to get better yields without spending too much on stuff we don't need. Sometimes we gather at Pramod’s and stay late into the evening just discussing the crops. It’s a hard life but it’s what we know. The weather is always a gamble. Last year was tough, and this year we are hoping for better. We try to help each other out with transport because it’s expensive to go to the main market alone. It’s not a polished business by any means. We make mistakes and we learn as we go. We are just trying to stand on our own two feet. There’s a lot of paperwork with the government that we find hard to do, but we manage. People here are honest and they work hard from morning till night. We just want to see everyone in Wadegaon Gad do a bit better for themselves.