Ginger Jhakora Producer Company Limited

Ginger Jhakora Producer Company Limited is over in Vagbash. We use Benibai Ahirwar’s house as our main spot for meeting up. It’s a quiet area, mostly just fields and dirt paths. We mainly focus on ginger because that’s what grows okay around here if the weather stays right. It started because a few of us realized that if we sold everything one by one, we didn't have much say in the price. Now, we bring the ginger to the central point at Benibai’s and get it ready together. It is a lot of digging and cleaning. The dirt gets under your nails and stays there. We don’t have fancy machines, so it’s mostly just hands and simple tools. Sometimes the harvest is great and sometimes the pests get into the roots, which is always a headache. We sit on the porch and discuss which patches are doing well. It’s not a formal business meeting like you see on TV. We just talk while we work. The name Jhakora sounded right for us. Vagbash is a small place, so everyone knows everyone anyway. We try to keep things simple and honest. If a batch isn't good, we say so. We’re just trying to keep the farms going so the next generation has something to work with. It's mostly about getting through the season and hoping for a decent market at the end of the day.