Saiseva Krushi Mitra Producer Company Limited

Our group, Saiseva Krushi Mitra, is based out of Latur, right near the Vishwashanti Gurukul on Sai Road. Vasant Pawar let us use his place as the main point of contact. We are a bunch of farmers from around the area who decided to pool our resources. Latur is a busy place for agriculture, but it’s still hard for an individual to get everything they need for a good season. We spend a lot of time talking about the rain and what the markets are doing. It's not a corporate setup with suits. Most days you’ll find us in our work clothes, just trying to figure out the best way to get our produce to where it needs to go. Being near the Gurukul makes it easy for everyone to find us. We handle the seeds and the fertilizers as a collective now. It saves us a bit of money and a lot of headaches. Everyone in the group has their own land, but we come together under the Saiseva name to help each other out. It’s a simple way of working. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. It is just us, some tractors, and the dirt under our fingernails. We keep the books at Vasant's place and meet there whenever there's something important to decide. The road can get pretty dusty in the summer months. We usually sit out back where it’s cooler. Most of us have known each other since we were small kids.