Maandesh Agro Farmer Producer Companylimited

If you ever find yourself out near Bothe in the Man Taluka of Satara, you’ll find us at Gat No 619, over at Phadatare Vasti. Maandesh Agro Farmer Producer Companylimited started because the farmers around here were tired of getting the short end of the stick. This part of Satara can be quite dry, and the soil is rocky in places, so you really have to work for every bit of harvest you get. We have lived in Kulakjai and the surrounding areas all our lives. Most of the people involved are just neighbors who see each other at the market or the temple every week. We realized that if we pooled our resources, we could buy our fertilizers and seeds a bit cheaper and maybe find better places to sell our crops without losing half the profit to guys in the middle. The office is just a small spot at the Vasti where we keep our records and meet up after the sun goes down. It’s not always easy to get everyone to agree on everything, and we’ve had our share of long arguments over the best way to handle the accounts. But at the end of the day, we all want the same thing, which is for our kids to see that farming is still a good way to live. We don't have a big marketing team or anything like that. We just have our fields and our community.