Tembhe Parisar Farmer Producer Company Limited

You can find Tembhe Parisar Farmer Producer Company Limited at Sayaji Gopala Dhondge’s place in Ijmanesatana. We are out in the Nashik district, which is a place known for its farming. Our group takes its name from the Tembhe area because that’s where our roots are. We are a bunch of local growers who decided it was time to stop working as individuals and start acting as a collective. It makes the simple things like buying fertilizer or selling our onions a lot easier than it used to be. Nashik is a huge center for agriculture, so there is always a lot of competition and noise. By sticking together, we don’t get pushed around as much by the traders who come through. We don’t have a fancy office or any kind of professional storefront. Most people just walk over to the house when they have something to discuss. We spend hours talking about the latest market rates and trying to guess which crops will be worth the effort next year. It’s a lot of guesswork and praying for the right amount of rain. Some years are great and others are a total struggle. We share our tools and equipment whenever we can. If a pump breaks down, there’s usually a neighbor in the group with a spare we can use. We just do the work.