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    In addition to exporting saffron to many parts of the ancient world, Iranians introduced the properties of saffron to the Greeks, Romans, Chinese, and Semitic tribes including the Arabs, and taught its cultivation method to the Islamic nations around the Mediterranean in the first to fourth centuries of Hijri.
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    Iran is the largest producer and exporter of saffron in the world with annual production of 330 tons and export of 280 tons of this product. Meanwhile, Razavi and South Khorasan provinces have the largest share in Iran's saffron production with a share of 85%
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    The saffron field is beautiful, fragrant, and has a beautiful purple or violet color, and one of the most beautiful views of nature can be seen when the saffron field is in flower, because at the beginning of the cold and autumn, all the plants that have no flowers in the desert bloom
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    The saffron harvesting stage is the most difficult and laborious and at the same time the most sensitive stage of saffron cultivation. The saffron harvesting stage includes picking the flower and separating the stigma from the flower. The life of flowers is 3 to 4 days and if not picked in time, it will be destroyed

Introducing the OSEC Club

 OSEC Club is a national-international institution in the field of knowledge management, technology and creativity to create value in the production, processing and promotion of the strategic product of authentic Iranian saffron.

This club, which works in cooperation with Iran’s UNESCO National Commission as a saffron Operation, Science, Education and Creativity club, using the power of experts and elites of the saffron industry, tries to examine all the effective elements with a knowledge-based, responsible and creative perspective in the saffron value chain, from production to consumption, it brought new opportunities for growth in all scientific and practical levels of the saffron ecosystem.

Development of infrastructures and innovation, synergy between pillars and internal collections; innovation and creation of added value and commercialization of achievements by relying on new technologies are the basis of this club’s activities at the national level; and introducing the unique properties of saffron to the world, strengthening and developing international cooperation, finding new methods for the dynamics of the production cycle to consumption of saffron, defining standards and guidelines for win-win cooperation with an emphasis on maintaining the status and interests of the producing countries will be the basis of achieving the goals of this club at the international level.

Introducing the OSEC Club

Some of the most important services of the OSEC club

Communication Opportunities

Creating a communication platform between all elements of the saffron value chain in line with the goals of the club

Facilitation and Support

Providing and supporting services and facilities, as well as facilitating the issuance of licenses

Educational Research

Educational and research services at different levels for optimal productivity

Media and Branding

Conducting promotional services for branding and creating value for club members

Technical and Specialized Advice

Holding public and private consultation meetings with the presence of industry and agricultural experts

Entertainment and Welfare Services

Providing welfare, entertainment and tourism services to all beneficiaries and members of the club

رویدادها

Grading system

Farmer's clothes

Smart farms

Agrotourism

An overview of a selection of infrastructure measures

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Club membership

Saffron Operation, Science, Education and Creativity club (OSEC) in order to benefit from synergy and micro-collective, from all experts, researchers, researchers, members of institutions and startup companies, knowledge bases, students and all other interested parties. invites to join.

It is worth mentioning that all applicants must first become a member of the UNESCO OSEC Club in order to use the club’s services.

OSEC ecosystem

Among the benefits of the synergy created in the OSEC club, we can mention the growth and development of internal infrastructures, their standardization, creating concern in the minds of officials and paying more attention to Iranian saffron. In other words, the minimum result of OSEC is the creation and improvement of the infrastructure of the saffron industry in the country and the formation of national synergies.
In this picture, other advantages of forming the OSEC club at the national level are mentioned

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