There is new interest in growing saffron among small farmers in search of a cash crop, and among cooks and gardeners seeking ...

Italian farmer Alessandro Mazzuoli might only produce just 1,000g of his star crop a year, but the revenue it brings in makes ...

Tucked in a valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas of the Indian Kashmir region is the town of Pampore, famed for its farms ...

Nestled in a picturesque valley beneath the snow-capped Himalayas lies Pampore, a town in the Kashmir region, celebrated as ...

it takes thousands of flowers to produce a pound of saffron. In addition to its difficult harvesting methods, Crocus sativus crops are vulnerable to changes in environmental conditions.

Narrator: Once the crop starts flowering, harvesters have to work fast to make sure they can pick it all in time. Almost all of the saffron planted can flower within one week of the year.

The amount of land devoted to saffron production has dwindled in Indian-administered Kashmir. Around 5,700 hectares was given over to the crop in 1996, by 2020 that had fallen to 1,120.

Pampore, a town in Indian Kashmir, is known for producing saffron, the world's most expensive spice. Traditional farming faces threats from urbanization and climate change, resulting in decreased ...

According to him, saffron is easier to grow compared to other crops and is more profitable. He added,“Saffron is planted once and it yields for five to six years. In the autumn, after harvesting ...

Saffron is central to national cuisines from ... he and two other veterans decided to establish a social enterprise based on a crop that could offer locals better returns than illegal opium ...

The recent snowfall has brought much-needed relief to saffron growers in south Kashmir’s Pampore, who had been worried about ...

It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or simply pleasure. Bulb-like corms, at top, produce saffron crocuses.