Palajori Women Farmers Producer Company Limited

Our group is made up of women from the villages of Hartopa and Barjori, near the Khaga police station. Putul Devi is the person who mostly looks after our records and keeps us all in touch. We are all farmers who have been working this land for a long time, and we decided that it was time we had our own producer company. It is good for the women here to have a voice and to work together on things like buying seeds or selling our crops. Life in Hartopa is busy. Most of us have to balance the farming work with looking after our homes and our children. It is a lot of physical labor, and we are usually tired by the time the sun goes down. We don't have a fancy setup. We just meet in our village streets or at someone's house to talk about the price of vegetables or the lack of rain. We aren't trying to sound like a big corporation. We are just local women who know how to grow things and want to make sure we get a fair deal for our hard work. We help each other out when someone is struggling, which is the real benefit of being part of this group. It is a simple, honest way to live. We stay focused on the land and the work that needs to be done every day to keep our families going.