Process of Applicable & Especial Knowledge in Loop of Research, Extension and Farmers ( A Case Study of Agricultural Sector in Yazd Province)

مجله اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزی

Article 9, Volume 24, Issue 4, January 2011   

Document Type: Research Article

DOI: 10.22067/jead2.v1389i4.8197

Authors

F. Shakeri^{* 1}; S.H. Mirghafori²; M. Shakeri³

¹Master of Industrial Management

²Management Department, Accounting, Management and Economics College, Yazd University

³Department of Agronomy, Institute of Higher Education of Agriculture of Jahad Organization

Abstract

Abstract
Agricultural sector is a developmental domain and id a way for achievement to goals that are anticipated in Iran perspective document. from this view, knowledge management (KM) is critical for starting and continuing this way. This paper investigate on process of applicable and especial knowledge in Agricultural sector (A case study in yazd province). Also ranks stages of knowledge process and their factors in any stage of process. Stages of knowledge process are defined in terms of creating & acquiring, storage & retrieval ,share & transfer and application of knowledge. We gather data by studying previous studies, interview & questionnaire the validity of questionnaire have approved by some of universities,s professors ,researchers and experts in management and agriculture. we have distributed 196 questionnaires among personnel of Jahad agricultural organization of yazd province. From 196 questionnaire, 160 questionnaire are gathered. Coronbach,salpha showed reliability ,0.8613. results showed that the mean of all 4 stages of Km process, creat & acquire, storage & retraival ,share & transfer and application are more than 5 in this sector. According to ranks that obtained by Topsis technique, emphasis of agriculture sector is respectively on share & transfer, application, storage & retrieval and creat & acquire knowledge. And the differences among them are significant with 99% confidence. Totally, this study indicates that primary structure of KM exists in agricultural sector. In this way, continuing and speeding toward documentation applicable-especial knowledge is important for establishing KM completely.

Keywords

Knowledge; Knowledge management; Process; Agriculture

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