II Konferencja Naukowa : Nauka o informacji (informacja naukowa) w okresie zmian, Warszawa, 15-16.04.2013 r. Instytut Informacji Naukowej i Studiów Bibliologicznych, Uniwersytet Warszawski The 2nd Scientific Conference : Information Science in an Age of Change, April 15-16, 2013. Institute of Information and Book Studies, University of Warsaw

1. 2nd International Society for Knowledge Organization,
(Warsaw, Poland. 15-16 April 2013)
COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM
IN THE AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR IN ALGERIA:
TOWARDS A KNOWLEDGE
MANAGEMENT
Radia BERNAOUI
PhD in Information Sciences, ENSV of Algiers, Algeria
Mohamed HASSOUN
Professor, ENSSIB of Lyon, France
Rosa ISSOLAH
Professor, ENSA - Algiers, El Harrach, Algeria.

2. Introduction (1)
 Company is based on knowledge and ensures its intellectual
capital.
 It is perceived as equivalent "raw materials" in the industry.
 In agricultural research : results must be translated into
innovations, creating new processes for agricultural enterprises.
 Digital transformed the context of production and distribution
of documents in the scientific world.
 Implementation of information systems : better transmission
and dissemination of knowledge through digital documents and
scientific production
 Collaborative work between the scientific communities.
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3. Introduction (2) - Situation of Algeria
 Algeria faces a food invoice of 3,6 billion dollars.
 Scientific, industrial and economic information, as a
strategic resource is necessary to manage and
exploit in aid of all its sectors of activities, more
particularly of the agricultural sector.
 That cannot be done without the installation of
mechanisms supporting the sharing of knowledge
and allowing the analysis of the results of the
national agronomic research.
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4. Introduction (3) - Investigation
 Our investigation beyond the single issue of adequacy, but
it is interested on collaborative work and the interest of
such a device.
 This question lead us to the following questions:
 Have the researchers and professionals this culture of
knowledge sharing through the use of digital documents?
 What is the role of digital documents, via the collaborative
platform?
 Is science really fueling the economy?
 Are researchers and professionals ready to supply the
future information system to ensure the sustainability?
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5. Survey Design and Methodology
 First Survey : National survey was conducted of over
three hundred researchers in Algeria.
 A total of 500 set of questions were distributed.
 The gathering lasted five months (February - June 2008).
 We received 345 returns, a rate of 69% of valid
questionnaires.
 Second survey : 305 professionals of agribusiness.
 A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed.
 The gathering lasted seven months (June - December
2010).
 We received 305 return, a rate of 61% of responses.
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6. COLLABORATIVE USE OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS
BY THE ALGERIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS
 The use of digital documents : to assess the needs
of scientists in terms of information through the
future information Algerian agricultural
research system.
 This analysis was based on the needs expressed
by researchers for access to information in a
wide range of electronic documents: the national
data bases research, national and international
publications and databases on the actors.
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7. Use of national databases
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8. Access to national publications
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9. Access to international information
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10. Distribution of types of publication
to file in the information system
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11. USE OF DIGITAL DOCUMENTS FOR A PRACTICAL
KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN ALGERIAN FOOD
COMPANIES
 The information and knowledge are not real value once
pooled and shared among all employees of an organization
within the framework of the execution of their duties.
 These information sources can be used within the company
(experts, files, reports,...) and / or external (database,
journals, networking skills...).
 Many sources of information use have been proposed to the
respondents to understand which ones are the most
practiced.
 To clarify our study, we therefore distinguished two types of
information sources, one call formal and the other informal.
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12. WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF
INFORMATION IN EXISTING BUSINESSES?
 Respondents reveal the existence of a source of
information in their companies, with a rate of
92.5%.
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13. ACCESS TO FORMAL SOURCES OF INFORMATION
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14. ACCESS TO INFORMAL SOURCES OF
INFORMATION
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15. Types of documents to be filed in the
information system by professionals
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16. Conclusion
 Algerian scientists and professionals integrate
this dimension in collaborative work to
establish collaboration on common themes
emerging through the use of various electronic
documents.
 This is the price that will emerge a true
collective intelligence characterized by the
production of knowledge
 This can be done with the use of digital
documents via an Algerian collaborative
platform of agriculture.
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17. Future Prospects : Agricultural Information
Systems in the Maghreb
Need for the creation of a favourable framework
for the division of knowledge to get more
collective intelligence.
The creation of an information system of high
added value will be a tool of piloting and
increasing the value of the scientific research.
Development of several databases on the
institutions, the research laboratories, the
projects, the researchers and their
publications.
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20. Thanks !
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