Gavhali Farmer Producer Company Limited

Our group is based right here in Gawali village. Sunil Sukhadev Nikam is the one who helps us keep things organized at his house, which is number 110. Being in the Kannad area of Aurangabad, we see a lot of the same issues every year with the water and the extreme heat. We are not a big corporation with people in suits. We are the people who are out in the mud when it rains and in the dust when it does not. We started this company because we wanted to have a bit more say in how our produce is sold. It is a slow process and we are still figuring things out. We meet up and talk about what worked last year and what did not. There is a lot of tea involved in our meetings at Sunil’s house. We do not use fancy words or marketing talk. It is just about the crops and the land. Sometimes we have to travel a bit to get things sorted with the government, but most of the work happens right here in the village. We have all known each other for years, so there is a lot of trust among us. We just want to keep our farms going and maybe make things a little easier for the next generation coming up. It is honest, hard work and we do not try to make it sound like anything else.