Hiren Kumar Bose
Hiren Kumar Bose is a journalist based in Thane, Maharashtra. He doubles up as a weekend farmer.
June 4, 2018
Youth from Poi village in the forest they conserved along with other villagers. (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose)
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How villagers in Poi breathed life back into a forest

In an extraordinary tale of community managed ecological restoration, the residents of Poi village near Kalyan in Maharashtra adopted a degraded forest and turned it into a lush haven of biodiversity

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May 21, 2018
Appa Karmakar of Angar village in Solapur has tasted success by cultivating drumsticks. (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose)
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Drumstick cultivation boosts farm incomes in drought-prone Solapur

Perfectly adapted to dry land farming, the nutrient-rich moringa has become the crop of choice among many farmers in drought-prone Solapur, earning them a steady income throughout the year

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March 26, 2018
Farmers in Pimpari Dumala, with a sample of the custard apple they harvested. (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose)
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Custard apple ushers in affluence to Maharashtra farmers

Farmers in Pimpari Dumala in Maharashtra have prospered so much by growing custard apples that they have spurned land acquisition offers to expand industrial estates

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February 26, 2018
The pond in Tarapur, reclaimed from a saltpan, will enable farmers to grow vegetables. (Photo by Hiren Kumar Bose)
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Tarapur villages use saltpan to harvest water

Although land and groundwater around the Tarapur atomic plant had turned saline due to seawater ingress and presence of a saltpan, villagers have successfully redeemed and reclaimed the land

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