Rijawa Farmers Producer Company Limited

If you go to Deulgaon Bajar in the Sillod taluka, you’ll find us at Akram Gulabnabi Deshmukha’s place. That’s where Rijawa Farmers Producer Company Limited is based. We are a group of farmers from around here in Aurangabad. We mostly grow what everyone else does, but we do it together now. The idea was to stop being at the mercy of every middleman who comes through the village. It hasn't been a perfect road, we’ve had our share of mistakes. We’re still learning how to run the business part of the company. Most of us are much more comfortable with a shovel than a computer. We spend our mornings in the fields and our evenings talking about the market rates. The address is just where we keep the folders and meet when we need to sign something. It’s a real community effort. When someone’s pump breaks or they need extra hands for harvesting, we try to step in. We aren't making big promises to anyone. We’re just local guys trying to get a fair price for our hard work. The sun is hot in Aurangabad and the ground is tough, but we’ve been here our whole lives. We know what we’re doing when it comes to the crops. We just want to keep our farms going for the next generation of our families.