Kumhariya Agro Kanke Farmer Producer Company Limited

We are the Kumhariya Agro Kanke Farmer Producer Company Limited. Our place is over in Kumhariya village, which is in the Kanke area near Ranchi. We run things out of Parna Oraon’s house. He is the son of the late Budhu Oraon, and the family has been in Kumhariya for a long time. It’s a local operation through and through. Kanke is known for its farming, so it made sense for us to set up here. We are a group of farmers who decided to pool our resources to make things a bit easier on ourselves. The office is just a room in the house where we keep our registers and meet up to talk about seed prices or who has a tractor available. It’s a very informal setup. You’ll often find a couple of us sitting outside under the trees when the weather is hot. We don’t have a website or anything like that. We just do our business face-to-face with the people we’ve known our whole lives. Parna is usually around if you need to talk about anything related to the company. We’re just trying to keep the farming tradition going in Kumhariya while making it a bit more modern so the younger generation doesn’t all leave for the city. It’s not always easy, but having the company gives us a bit more strength when we go to market.