The present documents are the primary data used on the paper in preparation "Farming the World's drylands: ethnographic-based models highlight the key role of traditional knowledge for sustainable food production": 1) SI Dataset S1(SI1-eHRAF-dataset.csv): Full cross-cultural dataset, according to the data provided by eHRAF and added external sources, on traditional cultivation practices of finger millet, pearl millet and sorghum worldwide. Data has been normalised according to the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample Codebook (3). 2) SI Dataset S2 (SI2-interviews.csv): Data resulting form the ethnographic interviews, processed and normalized according to the Standard Cross-Cultural Sample Codebook (3).

Primary data in CSV files.