Nirmal Bori Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our small group is based at House No 158 in Tamaswadi. It is a quiet little village in Parola taluka. Jalgaon is known for its heat and its fields. We started Nirmal Bori because we needed a way to manage our crops together. It is not a big setup at all. We just use a room in the house to keep our papers and have our meetings. Usually, we meet in the evenings after everyone is done with their work in the fields. We talk about the prices of cotton and bananas. Sometimes the crop doesn't turn out like we expected. We don't have any experts or fancy consultants. It is just us, the local farmers who have been doing this for years. We share our experiences and try to learn from what went wrong last season. The house is easy to find if you ask anyone in Tamaswadi. We don't have a big sign board. Most people just know where we are. It can be stressful when the rains are late but we stay together. We drink a lot of tea and try to figure out the best way forward. There is no corporate ladder here. We are all just working the same land and trying to make ends meet. It is a humble life but it is our life. We don't need anything more than the land and some good luck.