The authors thank Mr. Vassilios Mitsopoulos, President and Dr. Sofia Vartzoka, Quality Manager of the Cooperative of Saffron Growers in Kozani for fruitful discussions and suggestions, technical assistance, and access to information that helped to complement the database. The authors thank Mrs. Mirsini Chroni for technical assistance.
Author contributions
SAO: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Formal analysis, Data curation, Project coordination, Supervision. MZT: Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing, Supervision. Both authors read and approved the submitted version.
Conflicts of interest
Both authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. The data and results of this study are not affected by the interest of the Kozani Saffron Growers Cooperative.
Ethical approval
Not applicable as the subject of this article is not human research. Information on saffron growers in supplementary material was obtained pseudonymously. No personal data were presented. Only the demographic profile was presented as an element of the cultivation activity. The information collection and publication comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Consent to participate
Informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
Consent to publication
Not applicable.
Availability of data and materials
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this manuscript will be made available by the author (Stella A. Ordoudi, steord@chem.auth.gr), without undue reservation, to any qualified researcher.
Funding
The experimental data of this research are linked to the project “ISO 3632 Trade Standard Specifications & Quality Improvement of “Krokos Kozanis” product (ELKE/AUTH contract no 278709) financed by the Kozani Saffron Growers Cooperative. The funders participated in meta-data collection but had no role in study design, data analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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