Bangiya Gramin Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our group is based out of Village Sabra in East Medinipur, right at Udaysankar Jana’s place. It’s a typical rural setup where the Bangiya Gramin Farmer Producer Company does its daily work. Being in Medinipur, we deal with a lot of different crops depending on what the season allows. Udaysankar’s house is where the farmers come to sign their names or collect their share of the seeds and fertilizers. It’s a bit of a trek to get here if you aren’t from the local area, but the Sabra community knows the way well. We don’t have a corporate structure; it’s more like a big family where everyone has a say in how we handle the harvest. The office is just a corner of the house filled with sacks of grain and old record books. We spend a lot of time talking about the price of fertilizer or the state of the local irrigation. It’s not an easy life, especially when the weather doesn’t cooperate, but we’ve been living this way in Sabrapurbi for years. There’s no polished sales pitch here, just honest talk about what’s growing and what’s not. Sometimes the electricity goes out and we have to finish the paperwork by candlelight. It’s just a group of village folks trying to keep their farming traditions alive while figuring out the business side of things together in our own slow way. We are just here doing the work every day.