Samkamata Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are located at Rathod Jabu Gabubaji’s house in Urmad, Jalna. This whole thing started because we were tired of being taken advantage of by middleman buyers. We’re just a small group of farmers who live close to each other. We thought that by having a company name, we could talk to the big suppliers directly. It’s been a lot of learning for us, as none of us really went to business school. We just know how to grow crops like bajra and sweet lime. Most of our days are spent out in the heat, so we don't spend much time in the office. We usually meet up in the evenings at Jabu’s place to talk about what needs doing. It’s not a formal thing at all. We just wear our regular clothes and talk about the price of fertilizer or the state of the roads. We don’t have any big corporate plans or grand ideas. We just want to get through each year and keep our land healthy. It’s honest, hard work and we take it one day at a time. If someone’s tractor breaks down, we all chip in to help. That’s just how we do things here in Urmad. We aren't fancy, just local people trying to make the farm life work for us. It takes a lot of patience to deal with the soil every day. We are just doing what we can for our families.