Honghari Agro Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited

Ziro is a beautiful place, but it takes a lot of grit to farm here. Honghari Agro Organic Farmers Producer Company Limited is based in Sibey village, right in the Hapoli area. We work out of Hage Ankha’s place. If you know the Lower Subansiri region, you know the weather can be a bit damp, but that’s good for certain crops. We are a group of local farmers who grew up in these valleys. We know the rhythm of the land and when to plant so the frost doesn't get the young shoots. We didn't start this company to get rich quick. We did it because we saw that working together was the only way to keep our farms going. We grow everything organically because that’s the way our parents and grandparents did it. It’s more work, sure, but it feels right. During the harvest, the whole village feels alive. We help each other out, moving from one field to the next. It’s a lot of lifting and carrying, and our backs often ache by the end of the day. But there’s a sense of pride in seeing the bins full of clean, healthy food. We’re just regular people trying to keep the farming tradition of Ziro alive while making sure we can actually pay the bills. It’s a balance we work on every single day.