Baaghraj Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are based out in the Mahoba district, near Charkhari and the Kali Pahari area. It is a bit of a dry and rocky place, but we make it work. Uma Shankar is the one who handles the coordination from his home office. We started Baaghraj because we wanted to have more control over our own crops. When you are just one farmer, no one listens to you, but as a company, we have a bit more weight. It isn't always easy to get everyone to agree on what to plant or when to sell. We have long meetings where we drink a lot of water and argue about the market rates. The soil near the hills is tricky and you have to know exactly what you are doing. We don't have a marketing department or a fancy website. Most of our business is done through word of mouth and local connections. We spend most of our days walking the rows and checking for insects or disease. It is a practical life. No one is getting wealthy doing this, but it provides for our families. We just take things one day at a time. If the tractor breaks, we fix it ourselves. If the crop fails, we try again next year. It is just the way things have always been in this part of the country, and we are fine with that.