MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Cultivated on 300 hectares of land, saffron yield has reached 1.5 metric tonnes in northern Balkh ...

According to Ehrari, the saffron harvest season provides employment for between 500,000 and 1 million workers across the ...

Its vibrant purple petals notwithstanding, the saffron flower (Crocus sativus) is valued primarily for what hides beneath ...

As per the latest analysis, the worldwide saffron market is estimated to be valued at US$ 337.9 million in 2024 and is ...

Saffron, often dubbed the 'red gold,' holds the title of the world's most expensive spice. Its hefty price tag is justified ...

"When I saw the flowers sprouting, my joy was immense," says Syrian farmer Osama Sallat who owns a land in Binnish in Syria's northwestern Idlib province where farmers pick saffron flowers. Sallat ...

On a dusty saffron farm in Afghanistan western Herat province, Nafisa, a 55-year-old woman, carefully gathers saffron flowers ...

As saffron harvesting season is approaching in western Herat province, officials say the precious herb’s yield will increase ...

"I have no other way to earn a living. I wait for the saffron harvest season every year to collect these flowers," she said. Saffron cultivation, a promising alternative to Afghanistan's infamous ...

Seshadri S has cultivated saffron and the first yield is in the final stages of harvesting. He brought corns from Kashmir and ...

What did spark joy were the photos from my August trip to Kashmir. October-November marks the saffron harvest season, a time when the valley’s landscape transforms into a painter’s dream.