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Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia
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Author(s): Abebe Shiferaw (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia), Ermias Sehai (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia), Dirk Hoekstra (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia)and Abrahm Getachew (International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Ethiopia)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 14
Source title:
E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Blessing Maumbe (Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe)and Charalampos Z. Patrikakis (Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus, Greece)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2655-3.ch010
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Abstract
Knowledge management (KM) provides opportunity for organizations to achieve higher efficiency and increased output. With objective of attaining opportunities in KM at district level, Woreda Knowledge Centers (WKC) were established and used in ten districts in Ethiopia from 2005 to 2010. WKC is a tele-center used to gather, share, classify, access, and use knowledge at district (woreda) level. The study involves questionnaire, group discussion, timeline, SWOT analysis, and KM performance assessment and document review. This chapter presents WKC usefulness, establishment steps, challenges, and opportunities. In ten districts, of the 500 survey respondents, 79% and 71% agree on an increase in knowledge delivery and availability, respectively. Temporal comparison showed that WKC increased staff capacity to document, access, share, and use knowledge leading to improved extension communication. The study recommends that WKC be established by ministry of agriculture and its partners to enhance KM at district level for agricultural development.
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