Social appropriation of knowledge applying the knowledge management methodology. Case study: San Miguel de Sema, Boyacá

Abstract

The development of human and technical capacities in rural territories intrinsically promotes the progress and evolution of the rural sector.  To achieve this, it is vital to analyze the processes that are currently carried out, to adopt or appropriate the new knowledge that allows rural producers to perceive, interpret and demonstrate the new learning. In the study of the form of appropriation of new knowledge, two epistemological perspectives were used: tacit and explicit knowledge to be applied by the participants of a course oriented towards bovine reproduction in the municipality of San Miguel de Sema, Boyacá, Colombia. After apprehending elements such as reproduction indicators, the participants agreed that the factors that have the most relevance and impact on their production systems and that directly affect reproduction correspond to the management of reproductive indicators, climatic conditions and technical trainin