It is that time of the year again, when the harvesting of saffron brings Jammu and Kashmir's Pampore to life. Kashmir, India's prime producer of saffron, has been cultivating the crimson spice in the ...

Kashmir’s saffron fields are shrinking as climate stress, urbanisation and policy failure push farmers and field guards out ...

Highways Redraw Kashmir's Saffron Map. By Tazeem ul Haq Saffron fields that once stretched like golden carpets now jostle ...

Villagers pick saffron flowers in Pampore area of Pulwama, about 15 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Javed Dar) Villagers pick saffron ...

(MENAFN- Kashmir Observer) PAMPORE- Abdul Majeed Wani, a Saffron grower from Pampore area of Pulwama district has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for farmers' welfare initiatives and schemes like ...

The world’s most expensive spice has been cultivated in the historic Indian town of Pampore for generations Under a mild autumn sun, Majeed, accompanied by his grandchildren, bends over to carefully ...

AS the time to reap the fruits of their hard labour nears, farmers in Pampore get worried because the yield of the saffron crop, which has brought glory to this part of the Kashmir Valley, has been ...

More than 1,000 saffron growing families in six villages of the Pampore area of Pulwama district, hit by the floods last year, have alleged that the government had not provided them relief. The ...

Saffron, which is the stigma of a purple-coloured flower called Crocus sativus, is one of the most in-demand spices in the world. In India, it is cultivated in Kashmir, and harvested in the two weeks ...

AS the time to reap the fruits of their hard labour nears, farmers in Pampore get worried because the yield of the saffron crop, which has brought glory to this part of the Kashmir Valley, has been ...