Kashmir’s saffron farmers are smiling again
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The Cost of Saffron Production in Kashmir
Pampore, a tiny town in Kashmir is the epicenter of saffron production. You will find over 20,000 local people working to extract this exquisite spice and Kashmiri legend has it that someone in the 12th century, two Sufi saints gifted the local chief the bulb of the flower after he cured them of an illness. The cultivation began soon after and it is now known as India saffron capital. 1 kilogram of good quality saffron can go for as much as 3 lakh rupees. But all that was not right in Pampore a couple of years ago. Farmers were distressed, they didn't want to grow the spice anymore, they felt they
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