Siwan Agriculture Producer Company Limited

Our base is at House Number 66, where Deepak Kumar Bhagat lives in Tola Barhan. This is right in the Siwan block. Siwan Agriculture Producer Company Limited is basically a local collective. We don’t have a flashy storefront or anything like that. It’s just a regular house in the village where we handle the business side of things. Most of the people involved are just local farmers from around here. We work together to get better results from the land. It’s not always easy, especially when the weather doesn't cooperate. We spend a lot of time walking between the different plots in Barhan. Everyone knows everyone else here, so word travels fast. If someone has a problem with their crop, they usually just walk over to the house and we talk it out. We aren't trying to impress anyone with big marketing talk. We just want to make sure the farming stays sustainable for the families in this district. There’s always a lot of dirt on our shoes and plenty of work to finish before dark. We keep our records in simple notebooks and try to stay organized. It’s a humble setup, but it works for us in Siwan. We don't really have set office hours. If the light is on, someone is usually there to talk about the grain or the fertilizer. We just take it one day at a time.