Adhaura Farmers Producer Company Limited

Adhaura is a bit of a climb to get to, being up in the Kaimur hills. Our company is right there in the village, near Chandrama Singh’s place. Life up here is a bit different than the plains of Bihar. The air is different, and the soil has its own way of behaving. We are a bunch of local farmers who decided to pool our resources. It's called a producer company on paper, but to us, it’s just the neighbors working together. We deal with whatever crops the season allows. Sometimes it's pulses, sometimes it's grains, it just depends. We don't have a big staff or a fancy building. We meet in the village, usually outside when the weather is nice, and talk about what we need to buy for the next planting. There’s a lot of walking involved because the fields are spread out over the Tola and the Panchayat. It’s quiet in Adhaura, which we like. We don't have many visitors, so we just focus on the work. We aren't trying to be the biggest company out there. We just want to make sure the people living in this part of Kaimur can sell their produce without too much trouble. It’s hard, honest work, and our hands show it. We take things one day at a time, watching the clouds and hoping the rain comes when it should. That is just how we live and work up here.