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Accessing and sharing knowledge resources for soil health research in Africa

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dc.contributor.authorFisher, L.en
dc.contributor.authorChimwaza, G.en
dc.contributor.authorKinyangi, James M.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T20:07:44Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T20:07:44Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractThis journal article describes the importance of access to knowledge resources in Africa and its relation to soil health and productivity. Degraded farmland is becoming an issue in Africa and improving soil health will potentially increase agricultural yields. To address the improvement of soil health, this article explains the survey taken in 2007 which polled 73 respondents from 23 countries about their access to information, their use of libraries and networks, and knowledge pathways they think could be improved. Results show that it could be useful to increase internetwork links that share information effectively among scientists, researchers, practitioners, and policymakers. These collaborative efforts, along with increasing network membership and providing cheap resource resources, could have positive effects on the soil health in Africa.en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier4640en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Information Worldwide 2(1):68-71en
dc.identifier.other4640_Assessing_and_Sharing_Knowledge.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68883en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherInternational Association of Agricultural Information Specialistsen
dc.relation.urihttp://journals.sfu.ca/iaald/index.php/aginfo/article/view/24en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unporteden
dc.rights.holderThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectLocal knowledgeen
dc.subjectConservation agricultureen
dc.subjectAdult educationen
dc.subjectSustainable agricultureen
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectAfricaen
dc.subjectKnowledge resourcesen
dc.subjectSoil healthen
dc.subjectNetworksen
dc.subjectSurveysen
dc.subjectInternet accessen
dc.subjectField Scaleen
dc.titleAccessing and sharing knowledge resources for soil health research in Africaen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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