Shivniketan Farmer Producer Company Limited

Shivniketan Farmer Producer Company Limited operates out of Banwas Palam in Parbhani. We use Sanjiv Digambar Landge’s place as our home base. It is a very rural area and that is exactly how we like it. We are a group of farmers who decided to pool our resources together. Selling our produce was getting harder and the costs were going up. By having this company, we can buy things in bulk and get better deals for everyone. Parbhani is a good place for farming if the weather behaves. We spend our days out in the fields and our evenings talking about the market. The office in Banwas is not much, just a place to keep the files and meet up. We don't have any experts or consultants. We just use the experience we have from years of working the soil. Everyone in the company is a farmer. We understand what it’s like when the crop fails or when the prices drop suddenly. We try to cushion those blows by working as one unit. If you come looking for Shivniketan, just ask for Sanjiv in the village. We are all neighbors here. We don't do anything for show. It is just about keeping our livelihoods going. We stay busy with the planting and the harvesting cycles. It is a simple life, but it is ours. We just keep moving forward.