Rs500m saffron cultivation project launched

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has launched a three-year project worth Rs500 million to promote saffron cultivation aimed at economically empowering poor and small farmers of the province.

Under the initiative, starting from the fiscal year 2024-25, saffron cultivation is being introduced in 21 districts of the province, including Upper Chitral, Lower Chitral, Upper Dir, Lower Dir, Bajaur, Malakand, Upper Swat, Lower Swat, Shangla, Buner, Abbottabad, Mansehra, Battagram, Torghar, Haripur, Swabi, Hangu, and North and South Waziristan, among others.