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A case study of the role of agricultural knowledge broker

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Abstract

This paper addresses the identification of the rote of field knowledge broker in ICT based knowledge transfer practice in the perspective of knowledge transfer study. A case study is undertaken based on a Chinese agricultural extension project for the expert system applications implemented nationally in various agricultural production fields. This paper reveals that the field knowledge broker can have five roles for a successful implementation of knowledge transfer in the agriculture sector. The roles include: an infrastructure provider for local availability of expert system; a tailored expert system developer for usability of the expert system; a knowledge transfer conduit for transferring non-codified knowledge; a knowledge sharing organizer for facilitating local farmer's knowledge exchange; and a new knowledge creator for innovating new knowledge package in responding the local conditions.

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Output type

Research Output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding Conference contribution Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 08/10/2007

Publication status

Published - 08/10/2007

Publisher

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., United States

External Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/250969
  • Scopus: 38049030735

Host publication title

nan

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