Institutionalization of agricultural knowledge Management System for Digital Marginalized Rural Farming Community
Résumé
Modern agricultural technology has led to a process of marginalisation. A weak agricultural economy producing insufficient food is frequently associated with a weak or nonexistent democracy and can lead to migration, social unrest, an unhealthy as well as unproductive labour force, and mismanagement or abuse of environmental resources. The key framework for addressing these problems is Agricultural Knowledge Management System (AKMS), consisting of the organizations, sources of knowledge, methods of communication, and behaviours involved in the agricultural process. As farmers make critical decisions throughout the year, a typical household will rely on its' own accumulated experience and the support of local organizations. Thus, farmers were in need of a permanent solution to overcome these barriers to production. By applying a participatory approach called Knowledge Brokering (linking rural farmers with the national and international researchers) the farmers' community could develop a self driven system to manage all those crucial issues. Designing ICT-enabled knowledge flows between these actors in any specific case requires careful consideration of the types of ICTs that are accessible by each group and the technological and conceptual packaging of information so that it can flow effectively from one user to the other. Effective ICT deployment explicitly considers the appropriate interfaces between the digital and non-digital worlds, so that those without access to digital ICTs can still benefit from an improved local information environment. These farmers need local support groups that will act as brokers between the available knowledge system and the individual needs of farming households.
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