Farmers' knowledge on cultivation, utilization and conservation practices of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in three selected districts in Ethiopia.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateBefore collecting farmers’ indigenous knowledge, they were informed about the purpose of the research and its benefits, clearly underlining the fact that the results will be used for academic purposes and that no commercial interest will be attached to it. A verbal agreement was obtained from the authorities of local communities to create informed decisions on whether or not to participate in the study, prior to administering the interview. Consent for publicationNot applicable. There is no third party data. It is our original research data. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Wolaita Sodo University and Hawassa University are dully acknowledged for financial support to collect data. The funders have no role in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, and in the manuscript writing."