Intellectual Capital Management in Agricultural Research Efforts and the Role of Smartcard Applications in enabling Knowledge Exchange

Abstract

The transformation of information into knowledge and subsequently Intellectual Capital is of significance in agricultural research programs. Both from an interdisciplinary team effort and the conservation of scarce natural resources points of view, knowledge management has potential in advancing world agriculture.
An array of hardware and software solutions exist today to manage knowledge, but one that is small, convenient and fast is the smartcard. Smartcard applications have the potential to increase the speed and efficiency of agricultural research and to apply these to the well being of sustainable agricultural development. This article provides a brief overview of this application.