Kashmir’s incredible shrinking saffron output
The world’s second largest saffron producer has been seeing a steep decline in output for years now – and farmers...
Aamir Ali Bhat is a Kashmir-based independent journalist. He mostly writes on human-rights abuses, politics, environment, and gender. His work has appeared in The New Arab, The Wire, Dawn Herald, The Globe Post, Asia Democracy Chronicles, The Quint, Outlook, Firstpost, and elsewhere.
The world’s second largest saffron producer has been seeing a steep decline in output for years now – and farmers...
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