Beyond Kashmir: Ladakh’s cold desert blooms with Saffron as 22g harvested in just 4 days in historic farming experiment

JAMMU: All over India, Pampore area of Pulwama district in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu & Kashmir is known as source of most saffron sold in the market. The saffron fields of Pampore spread on both sides of the national highway are a tourist attraction. They contribute to 90 per cent domestic production of saffron. With a severe winter about to start, most of the saffron crop in the area has been collected, with the violet flowers carefully picked, dried and packaged by the local men and wo

NewsBeagle is a discovery engine. We show the headline, a short source-supplied summary and clear attribution. The complete reporting remains with the publisher.