Kanthallur, a village in Idukki known for its cool season vegetable and fruit framing and tourism, has added one more crop to its kitty with the successful trial cultivation of saffron, which has a huge market all over the country.
According to officials, saffron has bloomed for the first time in Kerala. The crop was successfully cultivated on the land of a farmer named B. Ramamurthy at Perumala in the Kanthallur panchayat. The farming was under the guidance of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Idukki.
