Custard apple helps affluence knock on the doors of farmers’ houses in Maharashtra
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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.
Farmers in Pimpari Dumala, with a sample of the custard apple they harvested. Image Credit: Hiren Kumar Bose
Hoardings along the dusty road leading to Pimpari Dumala, off the Ranjangaon-Ganegaon Road, stalls selling food items and scores of white — the most preferred color in rural Maharashtra — sedans parked all over the place, reflected the festivities going on in the village.