Learning to share knowledge for global agricultural progress

  • Authors:
  • Simone Staiger-/Rivas;Alessandra Galie;Bernhard Hack;Maria Alexandra Jorge;Vanessa Meadu;Florencia Tateossian;Gauri Salokhe;Nancy White

  • Affiliations:
  • International Center for Tropical Agriculture (/CIAT)/, KM 18, Via Palmira, Cali, Colombia.;Wageningen University, Via Tozzano 52a, Ascoli Piceno AP 63100, Italy.;RE4D.net –/ Research & Evaluation for Development Via Tozzano 52a, Ascoli Piceno AP 63100, Italy.;Bioversity International&#/#/47/ILRI P.O. Box 5689, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.;World Agroforestry Centre (/ICRAF)/, United Nations Avenue, Gigiri, P.O. Box 30677, Nairobi GPO 00100, Kenya.;United Nations Development Programme (/UNDP)/ 1 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (/FAO)/ Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Rome, Italy.;Full Circle Associates 7009 23rd Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Web Based Communities
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Web 2.0 tools combined with face-to-face methods offer new opportunities for better knowledge sharing across disciplines, languages and borders. This article comprises an overview and case studies – the personal accounts of six participants and one facilitator of a 2008 Workshop on Knowledge Sharing, sponsored by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research. It lays out the rationale for, and lessons learned from, those efforts, as well as from a second workshop hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. It explains why, in today's culture of self-directed learning, group experiences remain essential. The authors describe their learning trajectories and application of knowledge sharing tools and methods in their work.