Maapardesen Producer Company Limited

We are located over here at Nabin Kumar Herna’s place in Khirmalpo-Jayabahal. It’s a quiet area in Boden, which is part of Nuapada district. Most of us here have been farming for as long as we can remember. We decided to put Maapardesen Producer Company Limited together so we could handle our own business instead of always relying on outsiders. The sun gets pretty hot out here, but the work has to be done regardless. We spend most of our mornings out in the fields checking on the crops and making sure things are growing like they should. It isn't a fancy setup or anything. Just a small room where we keep our records and meet up to talk about what needs to happen next. Sometimes the rain doesn't come when it's supposed to, and that makes things a bit stressful for everyone. But we just keep going anyway. We deal with whatever seeds and tools we can get our hands on. People in the village know where to find us if they need anything. We don’t really have a big office or a bunch of staff in suits. It’s just us, the local farmers, trying to make things work out. We sit around on plastic chairs and figure out how to transport the harvest or where to store things for the season. It’s hard work, and my hands are usually dirty, but that’s just how life is here in the district.