Kashmirs Saffron Squeeze
Kashmirs saffron, the worlds most expensive spice, faces collapse from climate change, failed government schemes, illegal Iranian imports, land loss, and wildlife, threatening almost a 2000-year-old economy, reports Babra Wani Mubaris was 19 when he first planted saffron. He had grown up watching his maternal family tend the purple-flowering crop across the karewas, the high-altitude []