国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語(yǔ)Fran?ais
Lifestyle
Home / Lifestyle / News

Harvesting saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir

English.news.cn | Updated: 2013-11-11 14:45

Nearby Mir's field, other families too are busy plucking the violet flowers of saffron. Their chatter and laughter adds a festive atmosphere to the harvesting.

By the evening families would take sacks of several hundred thousand saffron flowers home and then strip away their insides.

"We work day and night to separate the blood red strands," said Shameema Akther, Mir's wife, pointing to the stigmas of the saffron flower.

Stigmas form the purest saffron, while as stamens make the second grade saffron. The petals of saffron flowers are eaten as a vegetable and stems are used as animal fodder.

Saffron also has a medicinal value and is used in many food preparations.

Kashmiri Kahwa, a beverage with saffron flavor, is famous worldwide. The rich aroma of saffron marks all celebrations in Kashmir especially the marriage ceremonies.

The 10 grams of pure saffron obtained from more than 100,000 flowers is currently sold at 52 U.S. dollars in market. However, following the harvesting season the prices could skyrocket.

Some farmers said this year the yield seems to have decreased. "Compared to previous year, this year the production in my field has gone down," said farmer Tariq Ahmad Itoo.

Experts at the Sheri-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Srinagar (SKUAST) blame the fluctuation in temperature during the flowering period.

"Fluctuations in temperature were recorded during the flowering period, which definitely can affect the yield," Firdous Ahmad Nehvi, an agricultural scientist, told the media.

According to Chief Agricultural Officer at Pulwama Ghulam Hassan Guroo, last year the saffron production in the district was 11 metric tons. However, he said it was too early to predict a decline.

"The harvesting season will still last for more than a week and after that estimates will be made," he said.

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
南木林县| 西华县| 福建省| 马龙县| 元阳县| 保山市| 从化市| 昭平县| 大悟县| 当涂县| 巨鹿县| 通渭县| 赤水市| 沂源县| 晋中市| 贡觉县| 新丰县| 长岭县| 灵武市| 衡南县| 龙江县| 禄丰县| 延津县| 津南区| 资阳市| 营口市| 仲巴县| 蚌埠市| 轮台县| 嘉兴市| 丁青县| 西乌珠穆沁旗| 沈阳市| 壤塘县| 孙吴县| 庄浪县| 饶河县| 那坡县| 新竹市| 莲花县| 江北区|