Knowledge Management in Smallholding Organic Farm for Sustainable Food Security
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Oct 18, 2022
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Abstract
This article aims to investigate existing knowledge management with specific context from three smallholding organic farms on high ground in Phitsanulok province. The theoretical framework focuses on sustainability of food security where qualitative grounded theory research methodology was adopted. The information in the past twelve years was gathered from related farm documents, depth-interview, and participatory observation. These farms have been operated by entrepreneurs who have vitalized the concepts of environmental conservation into their small and medium size business with organic agriculture. The data were analyzed using content analysis and data saturation. The study finds crucial root causes of problems including limitations from an adoption set of the generalization knowledge and mismatch to its Agro-ecosystem landscape and four key biophysical constraints: soil, water, slope, and local climates, which oppose their knowledge management for the farm characteristics. They are missing out the integration of specific site physical, social context and local agricultural culture. The farmer experiences and entrepreneurs’ technical knowledge in Agro-ecological systems that were crucial to create sustainable food security are not correspondence. Up until they elevate the farms through group shared ideas and experiences to adopt participatory guarantee system and set up a standardization of production system by recontextualizing on key biophysical in agricultural production and revive knowledge management for the best practice of specific farming conditions which becomes a key drive mechanism to possible success.
Keywords: Knowledge Management, Smallholding Organic Farm, Food Security, Sustainability
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Boonyakit, B., & Prasopsukchokchai, B. (2004). Knowledge Management from Theory to Practice. Bangkok: Thailand Productivity Institute (FTPI).
Brown, I., Poggio, L., Gimona, A., & Castellazzi, M. (2011). Climate Change, Drought Risk and Land Capability for Agriculture: Implications for Land Use in Scotland. Regional Environmental Change, 11(3), 503-518. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-010-0163-z
Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practical Guide Through Qualitative Analysis. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. Retrieved from http://www.sxf.uevora.pt/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Charmaz_2006.pdf
Charmaz, K. (2014). Constructing Grounded Theory (2nd ed.). London: Sage Publications. Retrieved from https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/constructing-grounded-theory/book235960#preview
Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018) Qualitative Inquiry and Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications.
Davenport, T. H., & Prusak, L. (1998). Working Knowledge: How Organizations Manage What They Know. Massachusetts, USA.: Harvard Business Press.
DeGrosky, M. T. (2005). Improving After Action Review (AAR) Practice. In B. W. Butler, & M. E. Alexander (Eds.), Eighth International Wildland Firefighter Safety Summit: Human Factors-10 Years Later, April 26-28, 2005, Missoula, MT. Hot Springs, South Dakota: The International Association of Wildland Fire. Retrieved from https://www.nwcg.gov/sites/default/files/wfldp/docs/improving-aar-practice.pdf
Dodge, J., Khanna, R., Irvine, J., Lam, K.-H., Mai, T., Lin, Z., ... Fern, A. (2021). After-Action Review for AI (AAR/AI). ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS), 11(3-4), 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1145/3453173
Foken, T. (2008). The Energy Balance Closure Problem: An Overview. Ecological Applications, 18(6), 1351-1367. http://doi.org/10.1890/06-0922.1
Goh, S. C. (2002). Managing Effective Knowledge Transfer: An Integrative Framework and some Practice Implications. Journal of Knowledge Management, 6(1), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270210417664
Horrigan, L., Lawrence, R. S., & Walker, P. (2002). How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110(5), 445-456. http://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.02110445
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). (2013). Smallholders, Food Security, and the Environment. Rome, Italy: International Fund for Agricultural Development. Retrieved from https://www.ifad.org/documents/38714170/39135645/smallholders_report.pdf/133e8903-0204-4e7d-a780-bca847933f2e
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Mollison, B. C. (1988). Permaculture: A Designer’s Manual. Tyalgum, Australia: Tagari Publications.
Prusak, L. (1999). Action Review of Knowledge Management: Report and Recommendations. World Bank. Retrieved from http://web.worldbank.org/archive/website01006/WEB/IMAGES/ACTIONRE.DOC
Raungpaka, V., & Savetpanuvong, P. (2017). Information Orientation of Small-Scale Farmers’ Community Enterprises in Northern Thailand. Kasetsart Journal of Social Sciences, 38(3), 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.kjss.2016.08.018
Schindler, F. V., Mercer, E. J., & Rice, J. A. (2007). Chemical Characteristics of Glomalin-Related Soil Protein (GRSP) Extracted from Soils of Varying Organic Matter Content. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39(1), 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.08.017
Secchi, P. (Ed.). (1999). Proceedings of Alerts and Lessons Learned: An Effective Way to Prevent Failures and Problems (Technical Report WPP-167). Noordwijk, The Netherlands: ESTEC.
Senge, P. M. (1990). The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization. New York: Doubleday/Currency.
Sirasoonthorn, P. (2013). Concept, Theory, and Technique for Social Development Practice. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press.
Sirasoonthorn, P. (2015). Knowledge, Power and Health: From Theory to Practice. Bangkok: Chulalongkorn University Press.
Sutrisna, M., & Barrett, P. (2007). Applying Rich Picture Diagrams to Model Case Studies of Construction Projects. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 14(2), 164-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/09699980710731281
Warner, K. D. (2008). Agroecology as Participatory Science: Emerging Alternatives to Technology Transfer Extension Practice. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 33(6), 754-777. http://doi.org/10.1177/0162243907309851
Warren, D. L., Glor, R. E., & Turelli, M. (2008). Environmental Niche Equivalency Versus Conservatism: Quantitative Approaches to Niche Evolution. Evolution: International Journal of Organic Evolution, 62(11), 2868-2883. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00482.x
Weber, R., Aha, D. W., & Becerra-Fernandez, I. (2001). Intelligent Lessons Learned Systems. Expert Systems with Applications, 20(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0957-4174(00)00046-4
Whitmore, J. S. (2000). Drought Management on Farmland. In V. P. Singh (Ed.), Water Science and Technology Library, Volume 35. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-94-015-9562-9#toc
Wu, J. (2013). Landscape Sustainability Science: Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being in Changing Landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 28(6), 999-1023. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-013-9894-9
Wuelser, G., & Pohl, C. (2016). How Researchers Frame Scientific Contributions to Sustainable Development: A Typology Based on Grounded Theory. Sustainability Science, 11(5), 789-800. http://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-016-0363-7
Zack, M. H. (1999). Developing a Knowledge Strategy. California Management Review, 41(3), 125-145. https://doi.org/10.2307/41166000
Zweifel, R., Steppe, K., & Sterck, F. J. (2007). Stomatal Regulation by Microclimate and Tree Water Relations: Interpreting Ecophysiological Field Data with a Hydraulic Plant Model. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58(8), 2113-2131. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erm050
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NAOWAKATE, Oranut; SIRASOONTHORN, Patcharin.
Knowledge Management in Smallholding Organic Farm for Sustainable Food Security.
Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), [S.l.], v. 15, n. 4, p. 29-42, oct. 2022.
ISSN 2985-0231.
Available at: <https://www.journal.nu.ac.th/JCDR/article/view/Vol-15-No-4-2022-29-42>. Date accessed: 26 apr. 2024.
doi: https://doi.org/10.14456/jcdr-hs.2022.33.