Taaldiyara Farmer Producer Company Limited

Taaldiyara Farmer Producer Company Limited is situated in Khutaha Tola Laldiyara, which is part of the Barhiya area in Lakhisarai. The name tells you a lot about where we are, right near the taal and diyara lands that get flooded by the river. When the water goes down, the soil is very rich, but it is also a difficult place to work because of how the land changes. We are at Dhiraj Kumar’s place usually. This company is basically just a collection of neighbors from the village who wanted to pool our resources. In Lakhisarai, we grow things like pulses and grains depending on the season. Life in the diyara is not for everyone because it is remote and the roads are often just dirt paths that get muddy when it rains. We do not have a marketing team or anyone to write fancy letters for us. We just handle the seeds and the sacks of grain ourselves. Some days are spent just waiting for trucks or talking to other farmers about the cost of diesel for the pumps. It is a slow process and we make mistakes sometimes with the paperwork, but we are learning as we go. We are just local people trying to make the most out of the land we have. It is about the daily grind of farming and trying to stay ahead of the debts that usually follow farmers around here.