Knowledge can be classified into (i) explicit, which can be easily recorded (e.g., books) and (ii) tacit, which cannot … be always articulated. However, much of this tacit knowledge can be shared. The conversion of tacit knowledge into … explicit knowledge is called externalization. Farmers possess both kinds of knowledge. Scientists often pre-determine ignorance …

Local innovation refers to the dynamics of IK - the knowledge that grows within a social group, incorporating learning … from own experience over generations but also knowledge gained from other sources and fully internalized within local ways … of thinking and doing. Local innovation is the process through which individuals or groups discover or develop new and …

innovation. …