Hindustan ki bepanah khoobsurtat riyasat-e-kashmir ki zarkheez zameen aur khushgawaar mousam se yaha hazaaro niyamate kasht hoti hai,in niyamato mai zafraan jise wadi ki 500 saal puraani kasht mani jati hai, kashmir mai mousme khaza raakhri marhale aur November ke wast tak yeh phool pampoor,budgam aur degar mukamaato par khil outhe Nazar aate hai aur door door tak zafraan ke kheto mai khawateeno bacho aur mard hazrat ki chehal pehal sharo hoti hai,khas kar pampoor jise kashmir ka zafraani shehar kaha jata hai,zafraan ko pakwaan,dawasaazi,casmatics,aur perfume ke saath saath textile rangu mai istimaal kiya jata hai, pampoor ke ilake mai 16,000 se ziyada khandaan iss kheti se wabasta rakhte hai,jaha 5,707 hacter irazi par kasht horahi hai,aur 11,000 se ziyada khawateen zafraan iss pasha se munsalik hai, zafraan ko dunya ka mehga tareen masaala mana jata hai,jis ki kasht kaie sare mumaliko mai ki jati , magar kashmiri zafraan ka rung,aur zaieka wasi paimaane par sub se behtareen mana jata hai,kashmiri rasmu riwaaj ki mutabik zafraan ki katiye se pehle 2 Sufi buzargo ,khawaaja wali aur hazrat sarif ud din ki mazaraat par duie maangi jaati hai,Jammu Kashmir ki hukumat ne wadi mai zafraan ki paidawaari ko faroog dene ke liye saal 2010 aur 11 ke douraan National Saffron Mission scheme ka aagaaz kiya,jis ke zarye aabpashi ki sahuliyat farhaan karna,aur 2598.75 hacter zameen ko zafraan ke liye tayaar kiya gaya,yahi nahi NSM scheme ke tehat 400 rupayr crore rupaye kisaano ki behtari ke liye Farham kiye gaye, zafraan ki masaale ki quality testing aur marketing ke liye horticulture ne qumi zafraan mission ke tehat Dusso Pampur mai India International kashmiri zafraan treading centre ki tameer ke liye 37.81 crore rupaye Farham kiye hai, kashmir ke iss saqafati varse ko aage badhane ke liye aur behtar market Farham karne ke liye hukumat-e-hind ne 2020 mai yaha ke zafraan ko Geographical Indication GI tag Diya,jese wadi ke zafraan baraamadi mandi mai ziyada aehmiyet hasil huvi, aur kisaano ko behtar kimat ke saath madad mili,beshak wadi ki mitti sone se Kam nahi jo apni zarkheezi se yaha ke logo ko sone ke mehal ata kar rahi hai.
