TY - JOUR
T1 - Knowledge management in the agriculture sector
T2 - a systematic literature review
AU - Tumwebaze, Rebecca P.
AU - Walsh, John N.
AU - Lannon, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important, with knowledge management (KM) seen as a vital component. This paper uses a systematic literature review of 44 peer-reviewed publications, in KM and non-KM journals, to examine how KM processes are used in agricultural research. Studies were mostly published in non-KM journals resulting in an absence of KM theory. Three key themes were identified as important for KM research in agriculture: stakeholder heterogeneity, informality of contexts and the presence of indigenous knowledge. All three themes affected the processes of knowledge creation, codification, transfer, sharing, and application. While agriculture provides a unique context for KM research, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of how KM can be applied to create a future research framework that can be cumulatively built upon. To help achieve this, the paper also identifies several research gaps and suggests future research directions.
AB - The agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important, with knowledge management (KM) seen as a vital component. This paper uses a systematic literature review of 44 peer-reviewed publications, in KM and non-KM journals, to examine how KM processes are used in agricultural research. Studies were mostly published in non-KM journals resulting in an absence of KM theory. Three key themes were identified as important for KM research in agriculture: stakeholder heterogeneity, informality of contexts and the presence of indigenous knowledge. All three themes affected the processes of knowledge creation, codification, transfer, sharing, and application. While agriculture provides a unique context for KM research, there is a need for a more nuanced understanding of how KM can be applied to create a future research framework that can be cumulatively built upon. To help achieve this, the paper also identifies several research gaps and suggests future research directions.
KW - Agriculture
KW - knowledge application
KW - knowledge codification
KW - knowledge creation
KW - knowledge sharing & transfer
KW - systematic literature review
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U2 - 10.1080/14778238.2024.2359419
DO - 10.1080/14778238.2024.2359419
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85194536824
SN - 1477-8238
JO - Knowledge Management Research and Practice
JF - Knowledge Management Research and Practice
ER -