Contemporary Digital Innovations and Solutions for Agricultural Extension

Digitization in extension services can solve some of the challenges of the service. The incorporation of digital innovations (DI) can improve access to service, achieve greater equity with the integration of women and youth, access to information, knowledge and response to productive problems and extreme events in real time, improving the capacity to respond and resilience to climate change. In addition, digitalization will diversify the level of knowledge of extension workers by expanding to other competencies and specialties. In this sense, this report analyzes the development of digital innovations in Latin America, the advances, perspectives and adjustments for their full use in agricultural extension services.