After facing one of its worst harvests on record, the Kashmir Valley’s farmers worry about the future of their prized saffron ...

In Kashmir’s saffron fields, flowers bloom but yields fall According to official data, the area under saffron cultivation has shrunk from about 5,700 hectares in the late 1990s to just 3,665 hectares ...

Saffron, known as kong in Kashmiri, zaffran in Urdu, and kesar in Hindi, comes from the crimson filament-like parts of the flower, called the stigma and is used in cooking, skincare, perfumery, ...

On a cold autumn morning Abdul Rashid Mir and his 7-year-old daughter Ishrat, wearing traditional attire and carrying small baskets, arrive in a field in the Konibal area of Pampore to collect saffron ...

Starting before dawn has even broken, Afghanistan's army of saffron pickers shift their way across sun-baked fields to pluck brightly the coloured crocuses that are providing the country's farmers ...

Saffron, a spice derived from the Crocus sativus flower, is most commonly associated with Asia and the Middle East. But saffron crocus thrive around the Mediterranean, including Italy, where they ...

At a field outside Kozani, northern Greece, the strikingly blue-and-purple petals of saffron give off an intoxicating scent that underscores the value of one of the country's most lucrative crops.

Saffron is a pricy spice harvested from a fall-flowering crocus. Learn how to grow it to harvest your own saffron. Saffron, which is known as the world's priciest spice, is harvested from the saffron ...