Shyamdhenu Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited

Shyamdhenu Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited is based in Jalpaiguri, in a village called Uttarbara Gari. We operate through Shyamal Chandra Sutradhar’s place near the Bidhya Asham post office. This is a group for women farmers, which is something we are quite proud of, even if we don't say it in a flashy way. In our village, women have always done a lot of the heavy lifting on the farms, and this company just makes that official. We spend our days balancing the work in the fields with our chores at home. It’s a busy life. We don't have a big corporate headquarters. Most of our meetings happen in someone’s courtyard or under a tree. We talk about the crops, the livestock, and how to get a fair price for what we grow. Jalpaiguri weather can be tough, especially during the monsoon, and we have to help each other out when the fields get flooded. We aren't interested in sounding like a big city business. We speak plainly and work hard. Our hands are rarely clean, and our schedules are dictated by the sun and the rain. We started this because we wanted to have a bit more control over our own work. It’s not a perfect system, and we are still learning the ropes of running a company, but we are doing it our way. It is just practical, everyday farming by the women of Uttarbara Gari.