Understanding indigenous knowledge: Bridging the knowledge gap through a knowledge creation model for agricultural development

South African Journal of Information Management

 
 
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Title Understanding indigenous knowledge: Bridging the knowledge gap through a knowledge creation model for agricultural development
 
Creator Lwoga, Edda T. Ngulube, Patrick Stilwell, Christine
 
Subject Social studies; information science indigenous knowledge; knowledge creation; knowledge management; agriculture; Tanzania
Description This article addresses the management of agricultural indigenous knowledge (IK) in developing countries, with a specific focus on Tanzania. It provides background details on IK and its importance for agricultural development. It introduces various knowledge management (KM) concepts and discusses their application in managing IK in the developing world by placing Nonaka’s knowledge creation theory (Nonaka 1991; Nonaka Takeuchi 1995; Nonaka, Toyama Konno 2000) in the context of the local communities. Data from focus groups were used to triangulate with data from interviews in order to validate, confirm and corroborate quantitative results with qualitative findings. The study findings showed that knowledge creation theory can be used to manage IK in the local communities, however, adequate and appropriate resources need to be allocated for capturing and preserving IK before it disappears altogether. For sustainable agricultural development, the communities have to be placed within a knowledge-creating setting that continuously creates, distributes and shares knowledge within and beyond the communities’ boundaries and integrates it with new agricultural technologies, innovations and knowledge.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
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Date 2010-12-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — qualitative and quantitative (mixed methods research
Format text/html text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/sajim.v12i1.436
 
Source SA Journal of Information Management; Vol 12, No 1 (2010); 8 pages 1560-683X 2078-1865
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Sub Saharan Africa — Local communities
Rights Copyright (c) 2010 Edda T. Lwoga, Patrick Ngulube, Christine Stilwell https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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