Roundup: Afghan saffron production increases by 22 percent in 2019

Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2020 shows a bottle of saffron at a shop in Herat Province, Afghanistan. Afghan farmers had harvested 22 percent more saffron last year than in 2018, hoping the golden spice become a legitimate replacement to opium poppy in the war-affected country. (Photo by Elaha Sahel/Xinhua)