A pound of Saffron can cost up to $5,000 by the time it reaches the West, making it one of the costliest spices in the world. Now growers of the spice in Kashmir are unsure whether the centuries-old ...

By 2024, federal government data showed Kashmir’s saffron yield had fallen to 2.6 metric tonnes, putting at risk a $45m industry that sustains 32,000 families across the region.

A variety of saffron crocus plant are seen planted for research inside the compound of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on ...

Farmers say a multi-million dollar plan, launched in 2010 to revive saffron cultivation in Indian-administered Kashmir by helping counter erratic rainfall, has yet to ensure the most basic ...

Every autumn, his family comes together for the annual saffron harvest in the Pampore region of Kashmir, and embark on the delicate and long process of preparing the spice, which can sell for as ...

Kashmir’s saffron production was already struggling. Battered by erratic rainfall, inadequate irrigation and urban encroachment on farmland, it had plummeted from 15.97 metric tonnes in 1997-98 ...

Saffron is Jammu and Kashmir state's second largest industry after horticulture, supporting some 20,000 families and contributing $34 million annually to the economy, according to Firdous Nahvi, a ...

Across the world, saffron is used in products ranging from food to medicine and cosmetics. Nearly 90% of the world’s saffron is grown in Iran, but experts consider Kashmir’s crop to be ...

Nearly 90% of the world’s saffron is grown in Iran, but experts consider Kashmir’s crop to be superior for its deep intensity of color and flavor. Originally Published: November 3, 2022 at 12: ...

Business Nation & World AP PHOTOS: Farmers in Kashmir try growing saffron indoors Nov. 2, 2022 at 9:44 pm Updated Nov. 2, 2022 at 10:26 pm ...