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AP PHOTOS: Farmers in Kashmir try growing saffron indoors

A Kashmiri shopkeeper sells saffron to customers inside his showroom in Lethpora, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Oct. 30, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) A Kashmiri farmer weighs the saffron before packing inside plastic boxes for sale inside his home in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri men remove the stigma of crocus flowers cultivated inside their house, in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri saffron farmer Abdul Majeed Wani, flanked by his grandsons, sits amidst fully blossomed saffron crocus plants cultivated inside their home Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. For the last three years, Wani has opted for indoor cultivation. He said his experience has been satisfying and the technique “has benefited us in a good way.” As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri saffron farmer Abdul Majeed Wani, shows a saffron crocus plant cultivated inside his home which five flowers against the usual number of three in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. For the last three years, Wani has opted for indoor cultivation. He said his experience has been satisfying and the technique “has benefited us in a good way.”As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri saffron farmer Abdul Majeed Wani, checks the quality of saffron flowers cultivated inside his home in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. For the last three years, Wani has opted for indoor cultivation. He said his experience has been satisfying and the technique “has benefited us in a good way.” (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri saffron farmers sit and relax after a meeting with officials inside the compound of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Kashmiri saffron farmers and officials are seen through the racks of fully blossomed saffrons during a meeting inside the Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Agriculture scientist Nazir Ahmed Ganai, left, interacts with Kashmiri saffron farmer during a meeting inside the Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Shakir Ahmad Bhat, an employee of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices poses for a photograph as he holds the basket full of crocus flowers, the stigma of which produces saffron, in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022.As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) A variety of saffron crocus plant are seen planted for research samples before approving them to farmers inside the compound of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Shakir Ahmad Bhat, an employee of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices, plucks crocus flowers, the stigma of which produces saffron, in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) A variety of saffron crocus plant are seen planted for research inside the compound of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Dr Bashir Ahmad Elahi, left, head of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices (ARSSSS) along with Dr Mudasir Hafiz Khan, center, check the quality of saffron inside the ARSSSS in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Fully blossomed saffron crocus plants are placed on shelves inside the house of Kashmiri saffron farmer Abdul Majeed Wani, in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. For the last three years, Wani has opted for indoor cultivation. He said his experience has been satisfying and the technique “has benefited us in a good way.” As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Mohammad Shafi, a Kashmiri saffron farmer along with his wife plucks crocus flowers, the stigma of which produces saffron, from a traditional outdoor farm in Pampore, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Dried Stigmas of the crocus flowers are grouped together after being separated from the petals in Shaar-i-Shalli village, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, on Oct. 30, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin) Shakir Ahmad Bhat, an employee of Advance Research Station For Saffron & Seed Spices, plucks crocus flowers, the stigma of which produces saffron, in Dussu, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, on Oct. 29, 2022. As climate change impacts the production of prized saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir, scientists are shifting to a largely new technique for growing one of the world’s most expensive spices in the Himalayan region: indoor cultivation. Results in laboratory settings have been promising, experts say, and the method has been shared with over a dozen traditional growers. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)