Krishnarayapuram Women Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our office for the Krishnarayapuram Women Farmer Producer Company Limited is located at No. 276 in Kasa Colony, over in Mayanur Village. It’s a bit of a walk from the main road, but it’s a good spot for us. The colony is usually quiet, except for when we are all there arguing about the latest grain prices. We are a group of women from around the village and the post area who realized that we could do more if we pooled our resources. The building at 276 is where we keep our files and meet up after the day’s work in the fields is done. It’s dusty and the chairs aren't the most comfortable, but it serves its purpose. We deal with the realities of farming every day, like the soil being too dry or the cost of transport going up again. There’s no polish to what we do; it’s just practical work. We spend hours writing down how much everyone has brought in and figuring out where it should go next. Sometimes we have tea and just talk about the kids or the village news while we work. It’s a community thing as much as a business. We don’t have a big mission statement on the wall, just a calendar and some notes about the next harvest. We’re just here in Mayanur, trying to make things work.