Dwan Womens Farmers Producer Company Limited

Dwan Womens Farmers Producer Company Limited is located in Pusegaon, which is in the Khatav Taluka of the Satara district. We are set up at the home of Anandrao Laxman Katkar. This is a group where the local women are the ones in charge of the farming business. Pusegaon is a small village, and everybody knows everyone else’s business, so we do not need a large sign out front to tell people where we are. We usually meet up at the house to talk about what we are planting or how we are going to sell our produce after the harvest. It is a bit different from other companies because it is mostly the women from the nearby fields coming together to make the decisions. Satara can be a difficult place to farm because of the hills and the water issues, but we have been working this land for a long time. This company is just our way of making our efforts official. We do not have a fancy office with air conditioning or expensive furniture. We sit on the porch or in the main room at the house and go over the accounts and the plans for the next few months. It is very informal but we take the work seriously. There is always a lot of talking while we work. We are just trying to make a living and keep our farms healthy. It is honest work and we do it right in our village.