Kolab Farmers Producer Company Limited

Kolab Farmers Producer Company Limited is based in Koraput, specifically in the Bagaraguda area of Mastipur. Our office is just a regular house, number three in Ward No-06. We started this because the farmers in this part of Orissa needed a collective voice. Koraput is beautiful, but farming here has its own set of problems with the hills and the weather. We mostly get together to talk about what we are planting and how we can get a better price by working together instead of alone. It’s not a complicated idea. We just share what we know. Sometimes we help each other buy seeds in bulk to save a little money. There isn't any big boss here; we all just pitch in. People stop by the house all the time to chat about the rain or the soil. We don’t have much in the way of fancy office furniture, just some chairs and a table where we keep our records. The work is hard and the days are long, especially when it’s time to harvest. But having this company helps us stay organized. We aren't trying to be the biggest company in Orissa. We just want to make sure the families in Mastipur can keep their farms going. It’s a simple life, and we like it that way. We spend a lot of time just figuring out how to get our goods down the mountain roads when they get muddy. It takes a bit of work but we manage it.