national mission on saffron
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NATIONAL MISSION ON
SAFFRON
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INTRODUCTION
• SUB – SCHEME OF RKVY
• TO BRING THE ECONOMIC REVIVAL OF SAFFRON FARMING IN J & K
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OBJECTIVE OF N.M.S
• to improve the overall production of saffron
• To enhance quality of saffron
• To enhance the research and extension capability
• To develop appropriate system for organized marketing for the growers
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REASONS FOR LOW
SAFFRON FARMING
• construction of residential houses in the
midst of saffron fields
• lack of irrigation facilities
• poor techniques adopted by the growers
• lack of post harvest management
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MAJOR ACTIVITIES
• To construct bore-wells to improve the
irrigation facilities
• The mission would cover drip
irrigation, research, mechanization, proce
ssing and marketing support to ease the
crisis
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MAJOR ACTIVITIES
• seeks to develop appropriate systems for
organized marketing, quality-based pricing of
saffron and for formulating direct transactions
between growers, traders, exporters and industrial
agencies.
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ABOUT SAFFRON
• Saffron is a spice derived from the flower
of Crocus sativus
• Saffron's taste and iodoform- or hay-like fragrance
result from the chemicals picrocrocin and safranal
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JAMMU AND KASHMIR
• Kashmir has the proud privilege of producing the finest quality
saffron, which is famous for its colour and flavour all over the
world.
• In Kashmir valley, 90 percent of saffron production comes
from Pampore uplands, locally called ‘wudar’
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USES OF SAFFRON
• It also contains a carotenoid dye, crocin, which imparts a rich golden-yellow hue to dishes and textiles
• Saffron thrives best in warm sub-tropical climate.
• In medicine saffron is used in fevers and enlargement of liver and spleen. In Ayurvedic medicine it is used to heal arthritis, impotence and infertility.
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