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Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia

Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia

Abebe Shiferaw, Ermias Sehai, Dirk Hoekstra, Abrahm Getachew
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466626553|ISBN10: 1466626550|EISBN13: 9781466626867
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2655-3.ch010
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Shiferaw, Abebe, et al. "Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia." E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects, edited by Blessing Maumbe and Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, IGI Global, 2013, pp. 103-116. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2655-3.ch010

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Shiferaw, A., Sehai, E., Hoekstra, D., & Getachew, A. (2013). Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia. In B. Maumbe & C. Patrikakis (Eds.), E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects (pp. 103-116). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2655-3.ch010

Chicago

Shiferaw, Abebe, et al. "Enhanced Knowledge Management: Knowledge Centers for Extension Communication and Agriculture Development in Ethiopia." In E-Agriculture and Rural Development: Global Innovations and Future Prospects, edited by Blessing Maumbe and Charalampos Z. Patrikakis, 103-116. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/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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