Ratu Farmer Producer Company Limited

Ratu Farmer Producer Company Limited is based at Bimal Tigga’s place in Nawatoli. We are a local group here in the Ratu area. We don't have a big warehouse or a fancy office building. Most of our work is done right there at the house or out in the fields. We started this because we wanted to find a better way to handle our crops. There are many small farmers around Nawatoli and it makes sense for us to work together. We don't have a lot of equipment. It is mostly just us using our hands and our knowledge of the land. Bimal keeps the records in some large ledgers. It is not a high-tech operation at all. We spend a lot of time talking to the members about what they are planting and when they expect to harvest. When it is time to sell, things get very hectic. There are bags of produce everywhere and we have to make sure everything is counted correctly. It can be a bit messy and loud, but that is how it goes. We don't have a marketing team or anything like that. We just know the people in Ratu and they know us. We try to be honest and do the work the right way. It is a lot of hard work every single day, but it is the only way we know how to live. Sometimes the rain ruins things, but we just keep going.