Panchdeori Farmer Producer Company Limited

Out here in Sikatia, specifically the Sikatiya tola in Panchdeuri block, we run this farmer company. Aniket Mishra handles a lot of the day-to-day stuff for us. We are all local folks from around this part of the district. Farming is what we do. It’s not like those big city jobs. We deal with the dirt, the rain, and the heat. The company is basically just a way for us farmers to help each other out. We collect the produce from the different farms in Sikatia and see where we can sell it for a decent price. It’s a lot of logistics, which can be tricky on the rural roads. We have meetings sometimes to talk about new ways to grow things, but mostly we stick to what we know works in this soil. It’s a slow process building a company like this from the ground up in a village. We don’t have fancy equipment, just what we can afford and borrow. Everyone knows everyone here, so word of mouth is how we operate. We just want to keep the farms in Panchdeuri going for the next generation. It’s honest, hard work and we don't try to make it sound like anything else. We are just a group of neighbors trying to make a living. It’s hard but it is ours and we are proud of that in our own quiet way.