Mithla Makhana Adhikar Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group operates out of Kapchhahi village, which is in the Meknabeda panchayat of Bahadurpur block. You can find us at the location associated with Manoj Mukhiya. Makhana is a big part of life in Mithila, and we are right in the thick of it. We are a farmers producer company, which basically means a bunch of us from the village and the surrounding Tola-Kapchhahi area got together to manage our makhana business better. It isn't a corporate setup with suits and ties; it's mostly us in our regular clothes, often with a bit of mud on our boots from the ponds. We spend a lot of time discussing the harvest and the drying process. Manoj Mukhiya’s place serves as our main point of contact. We don't have a big marketing department or anyone to write fancy brochures. We just talk about the crop and how we can get it to the market. The work is hard, especially when the weather is hot, but it’s what we know. Being in Bahadurpur, we are surrounded by people who understand exactly what goes into makhana farming. We keep our meetings simple and focus on the practical problems we face each day. Our company is about giving us a way to work together formally, but the feel of it is still very much like a village gathering. We don’t use big words or make grand promises. We just try to do our best with the harvest every year and keep things moving forward for the group.