Knowledge Management Model of Smallholder Farmer Communities in Agricultural Area Development

ABSTRACT : Knowledge Management (KM) is widely recognized as a strategic approach for strengthening innovation, competitiveness, and value creation in organizations. However, KM practices among smallholder farmer communities remain fragmented and weakly institutionalized, particularly in the context of agricultural area development. This study analyzes existing KM practices, identifies key determinants of KM implementation, and develops an integrated KM model suitable for agricultural areas. A mixed-method approach with concurrent triangulation was applied. Data were collected from 130 farmers belonging to 86 farmer groups in Lembah Gumanti District, Solok Regency, Indonesia. The results indicate that KM maturity is at Level 3 (standardization). Based on these findings, an integrated KM model is proposed, consisting of enabling factors, KM processes (knowledge acquisition, storage, distribution, and application), organizational learning as output, and productivity, efficiency, and value-added innovation as outcomes.

KEYWORDS – agricultural area, knowledge management, model, smallholder farmers, community