Managing indigenous knowledge for sustainable agricultural development in developing countries: Knowledge management approaches in the social context

International Information and Library Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 174-185

  Lwoga, Edda Tandi ^a   Ngulube, Patrick ^b   Stilwell, Christine ^c  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agricultural knowledge; Developing countries; Indigenous knowledge; Information and communication technologies (ICT); Knowledge management; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956188150     PISSN: 10572317     EISSN: 10959297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iilr.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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