Sharma Acharya kneels down in a little patch of grass. During a few weeks in late fall, he and his colleagues watch this little part of the field like hawks.
What he’s standing in front of doesn’t look like much more than regular grass. But in it, Acharya says there’s something really special: saffron.
“You may not notice where the plant is until you see the flowers,” Acharya said.
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