Gouranga Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group is based out of Katwa in the Burdwan district. We use a little space at the Stadium Abason, specifically H.I.G-16, which is where Swarup Mondal stays. It is a handy spot for us to get together and talk about what is happening on the farms lately. Burdwan is known for its land, and we are just some of the folks who are working it. We deal with all kinds of crops, mostly whatever is currently in season and will grow well in our soil. Sometimes we sit around for hours just trying to figure out how to get a better price for what we grow. It is not always a simple process, and there is usually a lot of back and forth between everyone. We are not a big corporation or anything; we are just local farmers trying to help each other out. Swarup’s father, Asit Kumar Mondal, is well-known around here too. We spend a lot of our days out in the dirt and then come back to the office to handle the side of things that involves forms and numbers. It gets very dusty and hot, but that is just farming in West Bengal for you. We do not have any fancy speeches to give anyone. We just want to make sure our families are okay and the crops do not fail. Being near the stadium makes it easy for people to find us if they need to talk about seeds or tools. It is just a regular bunch of us doing what we know.