TY - JOUR
T1 - A Systematic Literature Review of Agriculture Knowledge Management in KM and non-KM Journals.
AU - Tumwebaze, Rebecca P.
AU - Walsh, John N.
AU - Lannon, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This paper discusses the contrast in approach to agriculture knowledge management (AKM) empirical research between mainstream Knowledge Management (KM) scholars and scholars from non-KM fields, and the implications of this contrast to the development of AKM scholarship. The paper uses a systematic literature review, gathering papers from both mainstream KM literature and non-KM literature. A total of 44 peer-reviewed publications were analysed. Of these, 12 publications were from the mainstream KM literature while 32 publications were from the wider non-KM literature but had an agriculture knowledge management focus. While KM scholars predominantly conducted AKM research in structured, organized settings such as agriculture organisations and agri-business enterprises, scholars from non-KM fields, mostly agriculture, conducted AKM research in less formal settings, engaging farmers and local communities in research and exploring the indigenous knowledge that arises out of such communities. This contrast shows a disconnect in the studies conducted by the two groups of scholars. The disconnect is also reflected in the fact that the scholars from the different backgrounds do not cite one another and hence AKM literature does not have any coherent development.
AB - This paper discusses the contrast in approach to agriculture knowledge management (AKM) empirical research between mainstream Knowledge Management (KM) scholars and scholars from non-KM fields, and the implications of this contrast to the development of AKM scholarship. The paper uses a systematic literature review, gathering papers from both mainstream KM literature and non-KM literature. A total of 44 peer-reviewed publications were analysed. Of these, 12 publications were from the mainstream KM literature while 32 publications were from the wider non-KM literature but had an agriculture knowledge management focus. While KM scholars predominantly conducted AKM research in structured, organized settings such as agriculture organisations and agri-business enterprises, scholars from non-KM fields, mostly agriculture, conducted AKM research in less formal settings, engaging farmers and local communities in research and exploring the indigenous knowledge that arises out of such communities. This contrast shows a disconnect in the studies conducted by the two groups of scholars. The disconnect is also reflected in the fact that the scholars from the different backgrounds do not cite one another and hence AKM literature does not have any coherent development.
KW - Agriculture
KW - Agriculture Knowledge Management
KW - Farming
KW - Knowledge
KW - Knowledge Management
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U2 - 10.34190/eckm.23.2.313
DO - 10.34190/eckm.23.2.313
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85145433869
SN - 2048-8963
VL - 23
SP - 1195
EP - 1201
JO - Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM
JF - Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM
IS - 2
T2 - 23rd European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM 2022
Y2 - 1 September 2022 through 2 September 2022
ER -