{"id":306042,"date":"2024-07-31T18:44:30","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T13:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=306042"},"modified":"2024-07-31T18:44:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T13:14:30","slug":"saffron-crop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/saffron-crop\/","title":{"rendered":"Saffron Crop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Saffron crop<\/strong> has been created based on the article \u201cLosing spice: Kashmir\u2019s prized saffron crop hit by dry spells<\/a>” published in \u201cBusiness Line\u201d on 31 July 2024.<\/p>\n

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Why in the news?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Due to erratic weather, many farmers in Kashmir are shifting from growing saffron to cultivating apple orchards or mustard crops.<\/p>\n

About Saffron<\/h2>\n
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Source: Healthybenifitstimes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Aspects<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Description<\/td>\n1. Saffron is a highly valuable spice known as “Red Gold” or “Golden Condiment.”
\n2. The part used commercially is the stigma, which is the female part of the flower, also called saffron filament, thread, or stigmata.
\n3. Saffron plants grow from underground bulbs called corms. They regenerate through vegetative multiplication.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Key Compounds<\/td>\nIt contains crocin, picrocrocin, and saffranal, which are important for medicinal and aesthetic uses.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Distribution<\/td>\n1. Saffron originally comes from Greece and Asia Minor.
\n2. It is now grown in Europe (Italy, France, Spain), China, and India.
\n3. Around 90% of India\u2019s saffron is produced in Kashmir, where it has been grown for centuries.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Required Climatic Conditions<\/td>\n1. It grows best at elevations of 1,500-2,000 meters above sea level.
\n2. It requires temperatures between 35\u00b0C to 40\u00b0C in summer and 15\u00b0C to -20\u00b0C in winter.
\n3. It is suitable for dry, moderate, and continental climates.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soil Requirements<\/td>\nIt thrives in loamy, sandy, and calcareous soils and prefers acidic soil with a pH between 5.5 and 8.5.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UPSC Syllabus: Agriculture<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source- This post on the Saffron crop has been created based on the article \u201cLosing spice: Kashmir\u2019s prized saffron crop hit by dry spells” published in \u201cBusiness Line\u201d on 31 July 2024. Why in the news? Due to erratic weather, many farmers in Kashmir are shifting from growing saffron to cultivating apple orchards or mustard… Continue reading Saffron Crop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127],"tags":[11872,11069],"class_list":["post-306042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-hindu-business-line","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306042"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306042\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}