Paniyanmou Farmer Producer Company Limited

We operate out of House Number 1 in Paniyamau, which is over in the Pukhrayan area. Krashna is the one who looks after the place. It’s a local operation for the farmers around here. We spent a lot of time thinking about how to get better results for our crops, so we started this producer company. It’s basically just a bunch of neighbors working together. The office is really just a part of the house where we keep the files and meet up. You can usually find someone there if you stop by in the morning. We don’t have a website or anything like that. We just talk to people face to face. It’s more honest that way. Sometimes we have meetings to discuss what seeds we should buy or how to transport the produce to the bigger markets. It gets a bit loud when everyone has a different opinion, but we eventually agree on something. Living and working in the same village makes things simple. We know the soil and we know the weather here. It's not a glamorous job. There’s plenty of dirt and hard work involved. But we like being our own bosses in a way. We just keep our heads down and do the work that needs doing every day. It’s a slow process building things up, but we are getting there. Everyone contributes what they can to keep it going.