I get concerned when knowledge is managed to promote innovations that may not be well received by the beneficiaries. Here instead of objectively addressing the needs of the beneficiaries the objective is to appease the donors and this my be essential to secure project extensions and future projects. The case in point would be continued high reliance on farmer organizations, when an objective knowledge management effort would have shown they were to administratively cumbersome to be competitive, and the development effort would have steered clear of them a couple decades ago. Please review the webpage and linked other pages: https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/appeasement-reportin…;
This is a real knowledge management scandal wasting bullions of development dollars, euros, etc. each year.
RE: How to use Knowledge Management to strengthen the impact of Evaluation on smallholder agriculture development?
United States of America
Richard Tinsley
Professor Emeritus
Colorado State University
Posted on 24/09/2020
I get concerned when knowledge is managed to promote innovations that may not be well received by the beneficiaries. Here instead of objectively addressing the needs of the beneficiaries the objective is to appease the donors and this my be essential to secure project extensions and future projects. The case in point would be continued high reliance on farmer organizations, when an objective knowledge management effort would have shown they were to administratively cumbersome to be competitive, and the development effort would have steered clear of them a couple decades ago. Please review the webpage and linked other pages: https://smallholderagriculture.agsci.colostate.edu/appeasement-reportin…;
This is a real knowledge management scandal wasting bullions of development dollars, euros, etc. each year.