Abstract:
Historical and sociological foundations for knowledge; Theories/definitions of knowledge; Introduction to the field of knowledge management; Concepts, principles, and theories of knowledge management; Information management vs. knowledge management; Applications of knowledge management in agriculture; Agricultural knowledge systems; Identification and effective management of agricultural knowledge assets; Agricultural knowledge acquisition, generation, formalization, organization, sharing, utilization, measurement and evaluation; Identification of agricultural knowledge needs of end-users; Management of indigenous knowledge; Key technologies for agricultural knowledge management; Issues in selecting agricultural knowledge systems; Design and operation of agricultural knowledge systems and technologies; Trends in agricultural knowledge management.
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English
Date of publication:
2010
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Africa Wide
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RUFORUM OER and Open Access
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OER
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Web resource
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