Development of knowledge management system for assisting the Agrotechno Edu-park establishments in Sriharjo village, Imogiri district, Bantul regency

Abstract

Knowledge is important for ensuring the sustainability of the organization. Knowledge management is an effort in obtaining, selecting, organizing, abstracting, storing, presenting, sharing, implementing, and reviewing the accumulated knowledge so that each member in an organization can utilize and increase the mastery of specific knowledge. Knowledge Management System (KMS) as a tool for assisting the implementation of the concept in a specified context. Agrotechno Edu-park stands for Agricultural Technology Education Park, a place for agricultural production, technology showroom, education, and tourism as well. In the developing and establishing the concept of Agrotechno Edu-park, there is a vast amount of knowledge, but the ability of humans to use that knowledge is limited so that the potential can be lost. Consequently, it is necessary to manage the potential knowledge using a system. The objective of this study was to develop a knowledge management system for assisting the Agrotechno Edu-park establishment. The research was taken place in Sriharjo Village, Imogiri District, Bantul Regency. Data transformation to knowledge facilitated by a web-based application composed of three main components: 1) Regular daily post, 2) Knowledge Taxonomy Trees, and 3) Discussion (Question and Answer). The knowledge management cycle runs by the participation of the youth farmer community as the operator of the Agrotechno Edu-park, facilitated by the expert from the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada. Verification and system evaluation were conducted by GAP analysis to measure the effectivity and usability of the knowledge management system.