PLATICAR aims to create a knowledge ecosystem for transferring agricultural technology. A knowledge ecosystem is a complex adaptive system of people who cultivate relationships and tools to create, integrate, share and use knowledge, with the goal of enabling knowledge rather than managing it. The knowledge ecosystem metaphor draws comparisons to ecological concepts like trophic pyramids, food webs, and metapopulations. PLATICAR seeks to systematize experiences, close the digital gap, and build capacities through its portal and training to decrease the timeframe for technological adoption. Building an effective knowledge ecosystem is a multi-year process that requires attitudinal shifts and participative ownership to guarantee success.

1. PLATICAR: A Knowledge ecosystem for transferring agricultural technology Laura M. Ramírez Cartín Leonardo E. Cordero Jenkins National Institute of Innovation and Agriculture Transference Technology (INTA)

2. What is a knowledge ecosystem ? Is a complex adaptive system (CAS) of people in communities co-located in the same space, physical and/or virtual, in which they cultivated relationships, tools, and practices for creating, integrating, sharing and using knowledge. It’s main objetive is enabling knowledge not manage it, because the knowledge can´t be managed

3. The knowledge pyramid Thomson, 2008 http://adaptivekm.com/ke_more.html#pyramid The trophic (food) pyramid Anderson, 2011 http://schoolworkhelper.net/2011/01/energy-movement-in-ecosystems-trophic-energy-pyramid/ The knowledge ecosystem metaphor

4. The trophic (food) web The relationship web Emment, 2011 http://www.eoearth.org/article/Food_web Thomson, 2008 http://adaptivekm.com/ke_more.html#pyramid The knowledge ecosystem metaphor

5. Thomson, 2008 http://adaptivekm.com/ke_more.html#pyramid Knowledge metapopulation Ecological metapopulation Kayneugux, 2011. http://kayneugux.livejournal.com/615.html The knowledge ecosystem metaphor

6. Panarchy involves cycles of destruction and reorganization providing opportunities for reorganization of the structure and processes of a system. Thus, in a Knowledge Ecosystem, the individuals participating in meetings during the early stages may be different from those maintaining the process once it is well established. Thomson, 2008 http://adaptivekm.com/ke_more.html#pyramid The knowledge ecosystem metaphor

7. Knowledge ecosystem components

8. Value Organizational Model Catalyts The Circles Champion Preexisting Networks Ideology Brafman & Beckstrom, 2008 Pór, 1997 Starfish

10. Condentation nuclei centers Foster community identity Spaces knowledge fostering Face to face meetings Gathering What is a GECO (KM-Center)?

11. Education-Understanding-Decision-making Participation-Relevance-Commitment Feedback-Adaptation- Lower failure rate Confidence Decreased technologycal adoption timeframe How PLATICAR knowledge ecosystem decreased technologycal adoption timeframe?

12. S Champion Planning Education Replication Systematization Closing digital gap Adoption Feedback Hydroponic

13. Champion Planning Education Replication Systematization Closing digital gap Adoption Feedback ABC