The KESAR mission of Water Bank Foundation achieved a historic agricultural breakthrough by successfully acclimatising Kashmiri saffron (Crocus sativus) in Yangyang, South District of Sikkim.
Addressed in Parliament of India
Speaking in the Upper House of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Union Cabinet Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh commended the pioneering work of expanding India’s saffron cultivation footprint to the North-Eastern highlands, blending precision soil-moisture management with local tribal farming communities.
