Shreeved Krushi Vikas Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are a group of women farmers from Pingli in the Parbhani district. The company, Shreeved Krushi Vikas Mahila Farmer Producer Company Limited, runs out of house number 1687/1, which belongs to Shri Pandit Bhagvan Garud. It’s a small operation but we keep busy. Mostly, we are focused on the work that needs to be done on our local farms. In our village, women have always done a lot of the heavy lifting in the fields, so we thought why not have our own company. It’s not about being fancy or anything, it’s just about organizing our seeds and our harvest. We sit together and talk about what crops are doing well and how we can get a better handle on things. Parbhani can be a dry place, so we have to be careful with how we manage the land. We don't have a marketing team or someone to write nice speeches for us. We just know how to farm. Sometimes we meet on the porch or in the yard to figure out the week's schedule. It’s a community thing. Our families help out too. We deal with the basics like grains and vegetables that grow around Pingli. Being part of a producer company helps us feel a bit more secure about our work. It’s a lot of paperwork sometimes which we aren't fond of, but the actual farming is what we enjoy. We are just local women trying to make a go of it.