Aparajay Agro Producer Company Limited

Out here in Chauldhua Baligaon, life revolves around the seasons and what the ground gives us. We are based in the Gogamukh area and it’s a place where everyone knows everyone else’s business. We formed Aparajay because we felt it was time for the farmers in our village to have their own setup. Most days you will see us out in the fields from early morning until the sun starts to drop. We grow a lot of the usual crops you find in this part of Assam. It’s a lot of manual labor and sweating in the humidity but that’s just the way it is. We don't have a big fancy building, just a place in the village where we gather to talk about the harvest. Sometimes the floods in this region make things really difficult for us, so having a group like this helps us manage the losses better. We talk a lot about fertilizers and the cost of transport which seems to go up every year. It’s not a glamorous job and we don’t pretend it is. We are just a group of locals trying to get a better price for the food we grow. Every person in our company has their own patch of land and their own stories. We just try to pull our resources so we don't get pushed around too much by the bigger buyers when the harvest is ready.