Shivshanbo Agro Producer Company Limited

Sawari is a small place and House Number 556 is where you will find us most days. In this part of Latur, everything depends on the ground and what it can give us. Shivshanbo Agro Producer Company Limited is just a group of us who live nearby and decided to put our heads together. The house is old and the paint is peeling a bit in the corners, but it is cool inside even when the Latur sun is beating down on the roof. We don't have any big equipment here, just our phones and a lot of patience. We spend our afternoons sitting on the porch or in the main room talking about the price of pulses or how the borewell is doing. There is no secretary to greet you, you just walk in and say hello. Sometimes we have to move the grain sacks out of the way just to find a place to sit. It is a very local operation. We know everyone in Sawari and they know us. If someone has a surplus they can't sell, they come to house 556 to see if we can find a buyer. It is not a fast business. There is a lot of waiting for the right time to sell and a lot of talking over tea. We are just trying to keep things going for the farmers in our village without any of the fancy talk you hear from the big city companies. It’s about survival and helping the neighbors.