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Understanding Indigenous Knowledge: Bridging the Knowledge Gap Through a Knowledge Creation Model for Agricultural Development

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dc.creator Lwoga, Edda Tandi
dc.creator Ngulube, Patrick
dc.creator Stilwell, Christine
dc.date 2018-08-03T10:30:49Z
dc.date 2018-08-03T10:30:49Z
dc.date 2010-12-08
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T08:35:06Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T08:35:06Z
dc.identifier Lwoga, E.T., Ngulube, P. & Stilwell, C., 2010, ‘Understanding indigenous knowledge: Bridging the knowledge gap through a knowledge creation model for agricultural development’, SA Journal of Information Management 12(1), Art. #436, 8 pages. DOI: 10.4102/ sajim.v12i1.436
dc.identifier http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/49
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79243
dc.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
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dc.publisher SA Journal of Information Management
dc.relation vol 12;No 1
dc.subject indigenous knowledge
dc.subject knowledge creation
dc.subject Knowledge management
dc.subject agriculture
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.title Understanding Indigenous Knowledge: Bridging the Knowledge Gap Through a Knowledge Creation Model for Agricultural Development
dc.type Article


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